Rıfat Efendi
Born 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 164 75
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Bilen
- Aleppo (Halep)
3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Rıfat Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1880/81 (AH 1298), within the Katolik Hristiyan community. The father’s occupation was Pâd tahsildarı. Schooling included Halep Katolik Mektebi. [source]
The first place of work was Halep vilayeti. Dated career entries span 1906/07 (AH 1324) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 3 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Bilen and Aleppo (Halep). [1]
Monthly pay went from 403.13 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324) to 400 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 403.13 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 3 · Aleppo (Halep)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Aleppo (Halep)
Birth
2 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Bilen / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bilen
Bilen
Mal Müdürü Muavini
403.13 kuruşCalculated age 26
Bilen
Mal müdürü muavini (Nakil)
Calculated age 26
Recorded service ending
Vilayet tahsil kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1907/08 (AH 1325) · 2 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vilayet tahsil kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Vilayet tahsil kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Vilayet tahsil kâtibi (Nakil)
Calculated age 28
Recorded service ending
Merkez tahsildarı
300 kuruşCalculated age 28
2 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Vergi Tahsilat İdaresinde geçici görev · Halep vilayeti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Halep vilayeti · Year not recorded
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 403.13 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 48.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 400 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 40.8% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.9% | 1232 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Aleppo (Halep)300 to 400
- Bilen403.13
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Aleppo (Halep)72 other officialsNasri Neccaş Efendi born 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)24 other officialsMehmed Suad Bey 3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- 1906/07 (AH 1324)143 other officialsMustafa Maruf Bey first annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Halep Katolik Mektebi [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 92, 93
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 164 75
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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