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Mevlüt Ali Rıza 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

The life of Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi began in Kemah. Work began in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The annual lists begin in 1881/82, with Mevlüt Ali Rıza as polis memuru and no place named. The lists give Infisal for 1886/87 instead of a title.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1886/87 to 540 in 1909/10, the peak, when 47 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 23 years the salaries add up to 118,680 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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)

    First work 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Place not recorded

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    polis memuru

    entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)

    Polis Cavusu 1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1886/87 (AH 1304)

    entries in 5 years

  4. Place not recorded

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    unknown (300 kuruş maaşlı memuriyet)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Sirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1888 to 1910 (AH 1306 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1887/88 (AH 1305) before it.

    kolcubaşı

    400 to 540 kuruş a month; entries in 22 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326540 kuruşPolis Cavusukolcubaşı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326This 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 Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1886/8730040028%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/9140040045%
1891/9240040045%
1892/9340040045%
1893/9440040044%
1894/9540040044%
1895/9640040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9840040045%
1898/9940040044%
1899/190040040044%
1900/0140040045%
1901/0245040051%
1902/0345040052%
1903/0445040550%
1904/0550040055%
1905/0650043052%
1906/0750045051%
1907/0850046050%
1908/0950040052%
1909/1054060047%

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 Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300polis memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1882 to 1887AH 1300 to 1304Polis Cavusu
5 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87AH 1304Infisala note on status, not a job
1886/87AH 1304unknown (300 kuruş maaşlı memuriyet)300
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888 to 1910AH 1306 to 1327kolcubaşı
25 entries
YearSalary
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1901/02450
1902/03450
1903/04450
1904/05450
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
1907/08500
1908/09500
1909/10500
1909/10540
400 to 540

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 job title, same years

Of the 4 officials with the title Polis Cavusu in the same years, Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi had the highest salary.

All 11 officials with the title Polis Cavusu

Same birthplace

Of the 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi had the 18th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299polis memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300polis memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Polis CavusuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Polis CavusuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Polis CavusuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Polis CavusuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Polis CavusuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304unknown (300 kuruş maaşlı memuriyet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327kolcubaşıSirkeci Rüsumat Müdüriyeti, İstanbul540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mevlüt Ali Rıza 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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