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Mustafa Efendi

Born 1835/36 (AH 1251) · Deyr-i Alûr · Dated entries 1866 to 1897 (AH 1283 to 1314)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİDd_____00097_00125

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 19 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.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)PaluOvacıkNazımiye (Kızılkilise)Çemişgezek
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 19 · Deyr-i Alûr

How to read this map

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.

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

  1. 1

    1835/36 (AH 1251)

    Deyr-i Alûr

    Not yet located on the map: Deyr-i Alûr

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 32

    2. Zabtiye alayı ikinci tabur dördüncü teftiş memuru

      300 kuruşCalculated age 32

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1867/68 (AH 1284) · 2 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1284, 1285. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Zabtiye alayı ikinci tabur dördüncü teftiş memuru

      300 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    2. Üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 34

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 35

  5. 5

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Malatya sancağı

    Not yet located on the map: Malatya sancağı

    1. Vergi kalemi senedat ve ilamat kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 37

  6. 6

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Keban Madeni

    Not yet located on the map: Keban Madeni

    1. Merkez vukuat kâtibi

      285 kuruşCalculated age 40

  7. 7

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Keban Madeni / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Keban Madeni; Location not recorded

    1. Keban Madeni

      Merkez vukuat kâtibi

      285 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 41

  8. 8

    1876/77 (AH 1293) · 3 recorded years

    Palu

    AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 42

    2. Vukuat kâtibi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Palu / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Palu

      Vukuat kâtibi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 45

  10. 10

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Ovacık

    1. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 47

  11. 11

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Ovacık / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Ovacık

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Nakil

      Calculated age 48

  12. 12

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Nazımiye (Kızılkilise)

    1. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 49

  13. 13

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) / Place not recorded / Çemişgezek

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Nazımiye (Kızılkilise)

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

    2. Çemişgezek

      Sertahsildar

      Calculated age 50

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  14. 14

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Çemişgezek

    1. Sertahsildar

      Calculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

  15. 15

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Çemişgezek / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Çemişgezek

      Sertahsildar

      Calculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 52

  16. 16

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Ovacık / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Ovacık

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 54

    2. Place not recorded

      Azil

      Calculated age 54

  17. 17

    1890/91 (AH 1308) · 3 recorded years

    Afra

    AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Afra

    1. Vergi tahrir kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 57

    2. Vergi tahrir kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 59

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  18. 18

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Afra / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Afra; Location not recorded

    1. Afra

      Vergi tahrir kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 60

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 60

  19. 19

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Hüdavendigar vilayetindeki muhacir köyleri

    Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigar vilayetindeki muhacir köyleri

    1. Muhacir köyleri tahriri ikinci seyyar fırka mukayyidi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 63

2 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.

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

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

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
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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1866/67 (AH 1283)350400146 to 2,00039.5%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)300458150 to 2,50029.7%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)350475150 to 3,00037.3%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)350400150 to 2,25040.3%609
1871/72 (AH 1288)250420.5125 to 2,37521.7%712
1874/75 (AH 1291)285450150 to 1,80028.0%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)285450150 to 2,00026.8%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)200420150 to 2,00015.3%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)200450150 to 1,80015.3%1160
1878 (AH 1295)200450150 to 2,00014.6%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)200400150 to 2,00012.1%1328
1880/81 (AH 1298)450400160 to 1,50055.3%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)450400150 to 1,50055.3%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)450400150 to 1,40055.0%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)450400150 to 1,40055.6%1720
1887/88 (AH 1305)450400150 to 1,50051.2%1762
1890/91 (AH 1308)500400125 to 1,50056.0%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)500400140 to 1,60056.1%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)500400135 to 1,50056.2%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)500400140 to 1,40055.4%1929
1896/97 (AH 1314)500450150 to 1,57552.8%2119

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● 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 entries
  1. Afra4
    1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)
  2. 1866 to 1870 (AH 1283 to 1286)
  3. 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
  4. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
  5. 1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)
  6. Keban Madeni2
    1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Afra500
  2. Palu200
  3. Keban Madeni285

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
  1. 1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)
  2. 1869 to 1886 (AH 1286 to 1303)
  3. 1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)
  4. 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
  5. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
  6. 1866 to 1869 (AH 1283 to 1285)

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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; İstanbul Valide ve Ayasofya camileri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 269, 270, 271

    360 DH_SAİDd_____00097_00125

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 34 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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