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Rıfat 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 Rıfat Efendi began in Çemişgezek in 1879/80 (AH 1297); the father's occupation was "Çemişgezek kaza idare meclisi azası". The annual lists begin in 1900/01, with Rıfat as Aşar kolcusu and no place named. At the same time, from 1902 to 1904, the lists also place Rıfat in Çemişgezek as Tetkik-i bekaya katibi. For 1904 to 1908 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Istanbul from 1908 to 1910.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 500 in 1909/10, the peak, in Istanbul, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 18,000 kuruş, 68 per cent of 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.

All 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/031908/09134ÇemişgezekIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Menmiş).

  1. Çemişgezek

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

  2. Menmiş as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900 to 1903 (AH 1318 to 1320)

    Aşar kolcusu

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Çemişgezek

    1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)

    Tetkik-i bekaya katibi

    entries in 2 years

  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325) before it.

    On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327500 kuruşAşar kolcusuTetkik-i bekaya katibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Rıfat Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0130040029%
1901/0225040021%
1902/031504008%
1908/0930040070032%
1909/1050060085041%

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 Rıfat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320Aşar kolcusu
11 entries
YearSalary
1900/01300
1900/01
1900/01
1900/01
1900/01250
1901/02250
1901/02
1901/02250
1901/02
1902/03150
1902/03
300
1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321Tetkik-i bekaya katibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/04
1903/04
Çemişgezek
No annual entry: 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu
5 entries
YearSalary
1908/09300
1909/10300
1909/10
1909/10400
1909/10500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek
Father's occupation
Çemişgezek kaza idare meclisi azası

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 place, same years

Of the 5 officials with entries in Çemişgezek in the same years, Rıfat Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 36 officials with entries in Çemişgezek

Same birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Rıfat Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; Rıfat Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Rıfat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Aşar kolcusuMenmiş300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1900/01AH 1318Aşar kolcusu (İnfisal)MenmişAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1900/01AH 1318Düyun-ı Umumiye baş üzüm mübassırıMenmişAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1900/01AH 1318Düyun-ı Umumiye baş üzüm mübassırı (İnfisal)MenmişAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1900/01AH 1318Aşar çarşı muharririMenmiş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1901/02AH 1319Aşar çarşı muharririMenmiş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1901/02AH 1319Aşar çarşı muharriri (İnfisal)MenmişAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1901/02AH 1319Dördüncü kol merkez muharririMenmiş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1901/02AH 1319Dördüncü kol merkez muharriri (İstifa)MenmişAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1902/03AH 1320Nahiye katibiBaşvarnik150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1902/03AH 1320Nahiye katibi (İnfisal)BaşvarnikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1902/03AH 1320Tetkik-i bekaya katibiÇemişgezekAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1903/04AH 1321Tetkik-i bekaya katibiÇemişgezekAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1903/04AH 1321Tetkik-i bekaya katibi (İnfisal)ÇemişgezekAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1908/09AH 1326On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşuIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1909/10AH 1327On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşuIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1909/10AH 1327On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu (Nakil)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1909/10AH 1327On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşuIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
1909/10AH 1327On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi muhasebe kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records430 DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061
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 Rıfat 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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