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Mehmet 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

The life of Mehmet Refik Efendi began in Kemah. Work began in Refahiye in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Mehmet Refik as Ser tahsildar in Refahiye, where the entries run to 1885/86. For 1883 to 1885 and 1886 to 1893 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1893/94, names Mehmet Refik as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru), with no place.

The one salary in the lists is 400 kuruş a month, for 1893/94, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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. Refahiye

    First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

    Ser tahsildar 1882/83 (AH 1300); Ser tahsildar (İnfisal) 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302).

  2. Altunköprü as worded, no place record

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310) before it.

    Rüsumat Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311400 kuruşSer tahsildar

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 Mehmet Refik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workRefahiye
1882/83AH 1300Ser tahsildarRefahiye
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885/86AH 1303Ser tahsildar (İnfisal)Refahiye
No annual entry: 1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311Rüsumat Memuru400

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 5 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Refik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Ser tahsildarRefahiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records45 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.86/241.
1885/86AH 1303Ser tahsildar (İnfisal)RefahiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records45 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.86/241.
1893/94AH 1311Rüsumat MemuruAltunköprü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records45 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.86/241.
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 Mehmet 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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