Mehmet Arif 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 Mehmet Arif Efendi began in Sivas in 1846/47 (AH 1263). Work began in 1880/81, at about 34, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1880/81, names Mehmet Arif as muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1892.
The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to 400 in 1898/99, the peak, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 23,040 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.
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.
Born 1846/47 (AH 1263)
Peliç memlehası as worded, no place record
1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini
200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
Palas memlehası as worded, no place record
1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)
No annual entry for 1883 to 1892 (AH 1301 to 1309) before it.
muvakkat vezne kâtibi
125 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 | 200 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1881/82 | 200 | 400 | 13% | ||
| 1882/83 | 200 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1892/93 | 225 | 400 | 19% | ||
| 1893/94 | 220 | 400 | 19% | ||
| 1894/95 | 225 | 400 | 20% | ||
| 1897/98 | 250 | 400 | 20% | ||
| 1898/99 | 400 | 400 | 44% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | 200first-salary field | |
| 1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300 | muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini | 200 | |
| No annual entry: 1883 to 1892 (AH 1301 to 1309) | |||
| 1892 to 1899AH 1310 to 1316 | muvakkat vezne kâtibi | 225 to 400 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1846/47 (AH 1263)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
First work
- Year
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
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 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Arif Efendi had the 139th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Remzi Efendiborn 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 600 kuruş
- İsmail Kemal Efendiborn 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Sait Efendiborn 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Süleyman Sırrı Efendiborn 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Abdullah Behçet Efendiborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 750 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Arif Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 640.75 kuruş
- İbrahim Nazmi Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
- Mehmet Arif Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 500 kuruş
- MUSTAFA SAFİ EFENDİfirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
- Corci Salim Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 600 kuruş
All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini | Peliç memlehası | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini | Peliç memlehası | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini | Peliç memlehası | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini (Görevin sona ermesi) | Peliç memlehası | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | muvakkat vezne kâtibi | Palas memlehası | 225 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | piyade kolcusu | Palas memlehası | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | muvakkat vezin kâtibi | Palas memlehası | 220 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | muvakkat vezin kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi) | Palas memlehası | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | kantarcı | Palas memlehası | 225 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | kantarcı | Palas memlehası | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | kantarcı | Palas memlehası | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | kantarcı | Palas memlehası | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 411 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | sandık emini | Sivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)