Mustafa Asım Efendi
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Tosya · Dated entries 1878 to 1888 (AH 1296 to 1305)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d.36/415
The career, year by year
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The life
Mustafa Asım Efendi was born in Tosya in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Schooling included Tosya Sıbyan Mektebi; Tosya Rüştiye Mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Tosya. Dated career entries span 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 10 AH years, from Tosya to İskilip, beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi memuru and ending with entries for Mal Müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Tosya, Kastamonu and İskilip. [1]
Monthly pay went from 225 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296) to 600 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 6 · Tosya
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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.
1 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Tosya
Birth
2 Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
225 kuruşCalculated age 19
Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
225 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
3 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Tosya / Kastamonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
225 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
Calculated age 22
4 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 3 recorded years
Kastamonu
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
Calculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Mekteb-i İdadi İnşaat Komisyonu kâtibi
425 kuruşCalculated age 25
5 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Kastamonu / İskilip
Within-year entry order unresolved
Mekteb-i İdadi İnşaat Komisyonu kâtibi
425 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Mal Müdürü
450 kuruşCalculated age 26
6 1886/87 (AH 1304) · 2 recorded years
İskilip
AH entries: 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Mal Müdürü
450 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Mal Müdürü
600 kuruşCalculated age 28
3 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · Tosya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mal Müdürü (Azil) · İskilip · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Tosya · Year not recorded
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
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How the comparison is calculated
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 17.6% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 225 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 15.1% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 225 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 16.7% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 225 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 16.9% | 1489 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 425 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.2% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 53.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 450 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 53.5% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 64.2% | 1762 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rateRanges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe 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
- Tosya33 other officialsHasan Efendi born 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 472 kuruş
- Kastamonu19 other officialsAbdurrahim Fazıl Efendi 5 shared years; highest salary 6,400 kuruş
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)162 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)
BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 41
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.36/415
Read the original source accounts · 19 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 17 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.