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Mustafa Sami Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Mustafa Sami Efendi began in Sofia (Sofya). Mustafa Sami began work in 1881/82 (AH 1299), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, names Mustafa Sami as Ağnam katibi, with no place. For 1883 to 1885 and 1887 to 1892 the lists have no entry. The annual lists then follow Mustafa Sami to İnegöl from 1892 to 1896. The last entry, for 1896/97, names Mustafa Sami as Duhan Reji İdaresi muayene memuru, with no place.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 600 in 1895/96, the peak, in İnegöl, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 500 kuruş. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Yenişehir as worded, no place record

    1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)

    Ağnam katibi 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300); Aşar başkatibi 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)

    240 to 480 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302).

  2. İnegöl

    1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309) before it.

    Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibi

    500 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Duhan Reji İdaresi muayene memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314600 kuruşAğnam katibiAşar başkatibiEmlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mustafa Sami Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8240040046%
1882/8324040017%
1885/8648040057%
1892/9350040034056%
1893/94500400377.555%
1894/9550040035055%
1895/9660040030064%
1896/9750045052%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mustafa Sami Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First work400first-salary field
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Ağnam katibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82400
1881/82
1882/83240
400 to 240
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304Aşar başkatibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1885/86480
1886/87
1886/87
480
No annual entry: 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
1892 to 1896AH 1310 to 1313Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
1895/96500
1895/96600
İnegöl500 to 600
1896/97AH 1314Duhan Reji İdaresi muayene memuru500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Sofia (Sofya)

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 11 officials with entries in İnegöl in the same years, Mustafa Sami Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 44 officials with entries in İnegöl

Same birthplace

Of the 5 officials born in Sofia (Sofya), 3 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sami Efendi had the highest salary of them.

The page of Sofia (Sofya), with the 5 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Sami Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Sami Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Ağnam katibiYenişehir400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1881/82AH 1299Alişar köyü müşirliğiAlişar, Bursa kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1882/83AH 1300Aşar ikinci katibiYenişehir240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1885/86AH 1303Aşar başkatibiYenişehir480Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1886/87AH 1304Ağnam memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1886/87AH 1304Mali işleri tahkik ve rüyet memuruGölpazarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1892/93AH 1310Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibiİnegöl500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1893/94AH 1311Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibiİnegöl500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1894/95AH 1312Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibiİnegöl500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1895/96AH 1313Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibiİnegöl500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1895/96AH 1313Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi katibiİnegöl600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
1896/97AH 1314Duhan Reji İdaresi muayene memuru500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.867
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mustafa Sami Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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