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Mehmed Refik 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

Mehmed Refik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289); the father's occupation was "Arabacılar kethüdası". At about 19, in 1891/92, Mehmed Refik began work. The first annual entry, for 1891/92, names Mehmed Refik as İdare Kalemi görevlisi, with no place. For 1892 to 1896 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 650 in 1900/01, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1900/01.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1901 (AH 1309 to 1318)

    İdare Kalemi görevlisi

    400 to 650 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318650 kuruşİdare Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This officialMedian, all officials

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 Mehmed Refik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9740045042%
1897/9850040056%
1898/9960040068%
1899/190060040067%
1900/0165040071%

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 Mehmed Refik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work
1891/92AH 1309İdare Kalemi görevlisi
No annual entry: 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)
1896 to 1901AH 1314 to 1318İdare Kalemi görevlisi
9 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98400
1897/98450
1897/98500
1898/99500
1898/99600
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1900/01650
400 to 650

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Father's occupation
Arabacılar kethüdası

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Refik Efendi had the 306th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Refik Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Refik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1896/97AH 1314İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1897/98AH 1315İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1897/98AH 1315İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1897/98AH 1315İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1898/99AH 1316İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1898/99AH 1316İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1900/01AH 1318İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
1900/01AH 1318İdare Kalemi görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1055
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 Mehmed Refik 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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