RIFAT SALİH BEY
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Varna · Dated entries 1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)
Languages Bulgarian
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 169/141
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Cizre
- Edirne Vilayeti
- Mürefte
7 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
RIFAT SALİH BEY was born in Varna in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Schooling included Varna Sıbyan Mektebi; Varna Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Bulgarian. [source]
Service began in Akkarin in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 7 AH years, from Cizre to Mürefte, beginning with Kaymakam vekili. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Cizre, Edirne Vilayeti and Mürefte. [1]
Monthly pay went from 1,350 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 540 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · Varna
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Varna
Birth
2 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Akkarin
Not yet located on the map: Akkarin
First work as recorded
Calculated age 33
3 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Cizre
Kaymakam vekili
1,350 kuruşCalculated age 40
4 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Edirne Vilayeti
Not yet located on the map: Edirne Vilayeti
Kayıt müfettişi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 42
6 Kaymakam Muavini
540 kuruşCalculated age 45
Kaymakam Muavini
540 kuruşCalculated age 46
Continuing service as described
Kaymakam Muavini
540 kuruşCalculated age 47
Continuing service as described
7 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Mürefte / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Kaymakam Muavini
540 kuruşCalculated age 48
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 48
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.
- Kaymakam vekili · Cizre · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,350 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 87.6% | 1666 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,500 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 90.1% | 1578 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 540 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 60.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 540 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 58.8% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 540 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 59.8% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 540 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 47.9% | 1088 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 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
- Varna90 other officialsAhmet Nail Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mürefte2 other officialsHüseyin Nuri Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)129 other officialsCorci Hrisafidi Efendi first entry in Uşak; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 33 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Akkarin [source]
- First-salary field
- 1350 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 193, 194
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 169/141; 320 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 169/141.
Read the original source accounts · 12 source entries →
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 · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.