Mustafa Kâni Efendi

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Tokat · Dated entries 1869 to 1899 (AH 1286 to 1316)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 58, s. 443

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)
Revandiz
Niksar

11 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Mustafa Kâni Efendi was born in Tokat in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Service included Telgrafhane stajyeri in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) (1869 to 1874 (AH 1286 to 1290)). Later posts included Telgraf Memuru in Kirkuk (Kerkük) (1874/75 (AH 1291)), Merkez muhabere memuru in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) (1875/76 (AH 1292)) and Merkez muhabere memuru in Niksar (1891/92 (AH 1309)). Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) appears most often, across 6 dated years.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 760 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the highest recorded monthly rate is 760 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306). Death is recorded in 1898/99 (AH 1316).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Tokat · 1853/54 (AH 1270)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Esnaf^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca^[source]
First work: 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)^[source]
Age at first work: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Death recorded: 1898/99 (AH 1316)^[1]This is the year on a career record, not an exact date of death.

Career in numbers

11
Dated AH years: 5
Career place names: 4
Salary years: 400 → 760
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 760
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 76.5%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1888/89 (AH 1306); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1888/89 (AH 1306).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 9 · Tokat

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Tokat
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 16
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Telgrafhane stajyeri
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1870/71 (AH 1287) · 4 recorded years
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
AH entries: 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
1. Telgrafhane stajyeri
  Calculated age 17
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgrafhane stajyeri
  Calculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Telgrafhane stajyeri
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Telgrafhane stajyeri
  Calculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1. Telgraf Memuru
  400 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  380 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)
1. Merkez muhabere başmemuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Revandiz
Not yet located on the map: Revandiz
1. Merkez müdürü
  760 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Niksar
1. Merkez muhabere memuru
  Calculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Vefat
  Calculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1874/75 (AH 1291)	400	450	150 to 1,800	43.5%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	380	450	150 to 2,000	39.8%	976
1880/81 (AH 1298)	600	400	160 to 1,500	68.2%	1448
1888/89 (AH 1306)	760	400	135 to 1,500	76.5%	1797

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)6
1869 to 1876 (AH 1286 to 1292)
Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)1
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)1
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Niksar1
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Revandiz1
1888/89 (AH 1306)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Telgrafhane stajyeri5
1869 to 1874 (AH 1286 to 1290)
Merkez muhabere memuru2
1875 to 1892 (AH 1292 to 1309)
Merkez muhabere başmemuru1
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Merkez müdürü1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Telgraf Memuru1
1874/75 (AH 1291)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Tokat122 other officialsİbrahim Efendi born 1853/54 (AH 1270); highest salary 400 kuruş
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)5 other officialsSeyyid Ahmed Fâiz Efendi 5 shared years; no salary recorded
1869/70 (AH 1286)133 other officialsSeyyid Ahmed Fâiz Efendi first entry in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye); no salary recorded

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Arabic · Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Personal details

Birthplace: Tokat^[source]
Birth province: Sivas^[source]
Birth year: 1853/54 (AH 1270)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Esnaf^[source]
Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 58, s. 443^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Süleymaniye^[source]
First work year: 1869/70 (AH 1286)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 239, 240
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 58, s. 443

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