Official
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Varna in 1838/39 (AH 1254). On record 1855 to 1887, 33 annual entries. Death recorded 1887/88.
Archive reference 4_10; 18
Life#
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi was born in Varna in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Varna. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with asina; French, with Kitabet; Persian, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Varna in 1848/49 (AH 1265): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1855/56, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1855/56, shows no title. In 1856/57 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Varna, with 500 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1857/58 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Varna, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Varna). In 1858/59 the record shows 1. Müdür in Shumen (Şumnu), the salary going from 500 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Vekili in Varna). In 1860/61 the record shows Müdür in Edirne, the salary going from 1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Shumen). In 1861/62 the record shows Müdür in Beirut (Beyrut), with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Edirne). 3 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1870/71 the record shows Müfettiş in Tuna, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,850 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Varna). In 1872/73 the record shows Müfettiş in Hudavendigar, with 2,850 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Tuna). In 1873/74 the record shows Esya Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,850 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Hudavendigar). In 1883/84 the record shows Müdür in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,400 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Esya Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul). In 1886/87 the record shows Mektupcu in Istanbul, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Istanbul).
The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1873/74 as Esya Kalemi Muduru. 96 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 32 years with a salary the median is 2,400 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,000 kuruş, is seen in 1858/59. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.95 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1886/87, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 2.
A death is recorded under 1887/88 (AH 1305): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Birthplace
- Varna
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Death recorded
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Primary
- Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school); place of the school as worded: Varna
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Arabic
- asinafamiliarity
- French
- Kitabetwriting
- Persian
- asinafamiliarity
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Place
- Varna
- First job as worded
- Tahrirat Kalemi
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 11
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 200
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 200
Honours and ranks
- Rank (recorded code)
- 2
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1848/49AH 1265 | Tahrirat Kalemifirst work | Varna | 200first-salary field |
| 1855/56AH 1272 | |||
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 500 |
| 1857/58AH 1274 | Müdür Vekili | Varna | 500 |
| 1858 to 1860AH 1275 to 1276 | 1. Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,500 |
| 1860/61AH 1277 | Müdür | Edirne | 2,000 |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Müdür | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,000 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | 1. Müdür | Constanța (Köstence) | 1,500 |
| 1863 to 1869AH 1280 to 1285 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müdür | Varna | 2,000 |
| 1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288 | Müfettiş | Tuna | 2,850 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Müfettiş | Hudavendigar | 2,850 |
| 1873 to 1883AH 1290 to 1300 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 to 2,400 |
| 1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303 | Müdür | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mektupcu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Death recorded | ||
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856/57 | 500 | 375 | 400 | 58% |
| 1857/58 | 500 | 475 | 50% | |
| 1858/59 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,500 | 81% |
| 1859/60 | 1,500 | 500 | 86% | |
| 1860/61 | 2,000 | 500 | 91% | |
| 1861/62 | 2,000 | 600 | 2,250 | 88% |
| 1862/63 | 1,500 | 500 | 1,500 | 79% |
| 1863/64 | 1,680 | 500 | 1,925 | 85% |
| 1864/65 | 1,680 | 625 | 2,000 | 84% |
| 1865/66 | 1,680 | 650 | 1,825 | 85% |
| 1866/67 | 1,680 | 600 | 2,200 | 87% |
| 1867/68 | 1,680 | 600 | 2,060 | 87% |
| 1868/69 | 1,680 | 600 | 1,960 | 88% |
| 1869/70 | 2,000 | 600 | 1,845 | 90% |
| 1870/71 | 2,850 | 600 | 3,500 | 95% |
| 1871/72 | 2,850 | 550 | 3,000 | 96% |
| 1872/73 | 2,850 | 550 | 2,850 | 96% |
| 1873/74 | 3,000 | 500 | 96% | |
| 1874/75 | 3,000 | 535 | 96% | |
| 1875/76 | 3,000 | 530 | 96% | |
| 1876/77 | 3,000 | 582.5 | 96% | |
| 1877/78 | 3,000 | 560 | 96% | |
| 1878 | 3,000 | 600 | 95% | |
| 1878/79 | 3,000 | 600 | 95% | |
| 1879/80 | 2,000 | 500 | 93% | |
| 1880/81 | 2,400 | 500 | 96% | |
| 1881/82 | 2,400 | 500 | 96% | |
| 1882/83 | 2,400 | 500 | 95% | |
| 1883/84 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,250 | 97% |
| 1884/85 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,400 | 97% |
| 1885/86 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 97% |
| 1886/87 | 3,000 | 500 | 97% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları (İSA ÖZHAN, 2024). Name as printed: AHMED RIFAT EFENDİ. PDF pages 68, 69 and 70.
Probable link: same name, birthplace and register and page of the archive reference; served in the place the work covers
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Antuvan Ramiz EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Mehmet Cemal EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Mehmet EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Mehmet Yekta EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
- Abdurrahman EfendiIstanbul, 15 shared years
626 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Same school recorded
- Hüseyin Hayrettin EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Mehmet Tevfik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Mustafa Tevfik EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Nazif EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Mehmet Ali EfendiSıbyan Mektebi, first annual entry 1854/55 (AH 1271)
744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Mehmet Emin EfendiVarna, born 1838/39 (AH 1254)
- Mehmet Sait EfendVarna, born 1832/33 (AH 1248)
- Şemsettin EfendiVarna, born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Seyyit Ahmet Naci EfendiVarna, born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Salih Rıfat EfendiVarna, born 1853/54 (AH 1270)
14 officials in all. Officials born in Varna
Full record
Annual entries (33)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1855/56AH 1272 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 4_10; 18 | |||
| 1856/57AH 1273 | Muhabere Memuru | Varna | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1857/58AH 1274 | Müdür Vekili | Varna | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1858/59AH 1275 | 1. Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1859/60AH 1276 | 1. Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1860/61AH 1277 | Müdür | Edirne | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1861/62AH 1278 | Müdür | Beirut (Beyrut) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1862/63AH 1279 | 1. Müdür | Constanța (Köstence) | 1,500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1863/64AH 1280 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1864/65AH 1281 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Müdür | Shumen (Şumnu) | 1,680 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Müdür | Varna | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Müfettiş | Tuna | 2,850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Müfettiş | Tuna | 2,850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Müfettiş | Hudavendigar | 2,850 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Esya Kalemi Muduru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Müdür | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Müdür | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Müdür | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 4_10; 18 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mektupcu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 3,000 | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 4_10; 18 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (26)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Ahmet Rıfat Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1254 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | varna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Varna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Varna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | tuna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | sibyan mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Place of the school | Varna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 4 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1265 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1849 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Varna | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Varna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Varna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | tuna | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Tahrirat Kalemi | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 11 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 200 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 200 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Honours | ||
| Rank (recorded code) | 2 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1305 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 17 annual entries of 33 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.