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Mustafa Zühdü 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

Mustafa Zühdü Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1873/74 (AH 1290) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "eimme (imam)". Work began in 1886/87, at about 14. The annual lists begin in 1886/87, with Mustafa Zühdü as telgraf mülazımı and no place named. For 1887 to 1896 the lists have no entry. Next came Ioannina (Yanya) and Skopje (Üsküp) from 1896 to 1900. At the same time, from 1899 to 1907, the lists also place Mustafa Zühdü in a post with no place named as telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 600 in 1899/1900, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

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.

All 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971898/99134SafranboluIoanninaSkopje

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri), stop 5 (Juzvice).

  1. Safranbolu

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Kastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri as worded, no place record not on the map

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    telgraf mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Ioannina (Yanya)

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313) before it.

    telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Skopje (Üsküp)

    1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)

    telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Juzvice as worded, no place record not on the map

    1899 to 1907 (AH 1317 to 1324)

    telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

    500 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324600 kuruştelgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Zühdü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9730045050026%
1897/9830040050028%
1898/9930040039027%
1899/190060040067%
1900/0160040067%
1901/0260040066%
1902/0360040067%
1903/0460040567%
1904/0560040066%
1905/0660043064%
1906/0760045063%

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 Zühdü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First work
1886/87AH 1304telgraf mülazımı
No annual entry: 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313)
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1896/97300
1897/98300
1897/98
Ioannina (Yanya)300
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1899/1900
Skopje (Üsküp)300
1899 to 1907AH 1317 to 1324telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
10 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
1903/04600
1904/05600
1905/06600
1906/07600
1906/07
1906/07500
600 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Safranbolu
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
eimme (imam)

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 8 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya) in the same years, Mustafa Zühdü Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 88 officials with entries in Ioannina (Yanya)

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Zühdü Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Zühdü Efendi had the 51st highest salary of them.

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Zühdü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304telgraf mülazımıKastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1896/97AH 1314telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruIoannina (Yanya)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1897/98AH 1315telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruIoannina (Yanya)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1897/98AH 1315telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Ioannina (Yanya)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1898/99AH 1316telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1899/1900AH 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSkopje (Üsküp)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1899/1900AH 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (Azil)Skopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1899/1900AH 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1900/01AH 1318telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1901/02AH 1319telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1902/03AH 1320telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1903/04AH 1321telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1904/05AH 1322telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1905/06AH 1323telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1906/07AH 1324telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1906/07AH 1324telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü (Nakil)JuzviceAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
1906/07AH 1324telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüGustevar500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129
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 Zühdü 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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