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Rızkullah Efendi

Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271

The career, year by year

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

1877/78 (AH 1294): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş, Mersin1877/78 (AH 1294): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği, Mersin, 100 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tahrirat mukayyitliği, Mersin, 200 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296): İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği (İnfisal), Mersin1879/80 (AH 1297): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği, Mersin, 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği, Mersin, 270 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği, Mersin, 270 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği, Mersin, 270 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299): Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire başkâtipliği, Mersin, 360 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299): Mersin Rüsumat Kitabeti ikinci kâtipliği, Mersin, 400 kuruşAH 1294AH 1299
Places and reading notes
  • Mersin

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

Follow 3 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.

1Aleppo (Halep)Mersin
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Aleppo (Halep)

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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. 1

    1860/61 (AH 1277)

    Aleppo (Halep)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Mersin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş

      Calculated age 17

    3. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği

      100 kuruşCalculated age 17

  3. 3

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 4 recorded years

    Mersin

    AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tahrirat mukayyitliği

      200 kuruşCalculated age 19

    2. İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 19

    3. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği

      300 kuruşCalculated age 20

    4. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği

      270 kuruşCalculated age 20

    5. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği

      270 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    6. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği

      270 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    7. Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire başkâtipliği

      360 kuruşCalculated age 22

    8. Mersin Rüsumat Kitabeti ikinci kâtipliği

      400 kuruşCalculated age 22

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

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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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1877/78 (AH 1294)100450150 to 1,8004.4%1160
1878/79 (AH 1296)200400150 to 2,00012.1%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)300400180 to 1,80027.1%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)270400160 to 1,50025.6%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)400400150 to 1,50046.6%1489

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001877/78AH 12941879/80AH 12971881/82AH 12991877/78 (AH 1294) · 100 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 270 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 270 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 270 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 360 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 400 kuruş

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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 entries
  1. 1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)

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. Mersin100 to 400

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. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
  3. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  4. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 Halep Mekteb-i Millî [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

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

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mersin eski sandık emini [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Halep Mekteb-i Millî [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mersin [source]
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 110, 111

    BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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