Mehmet 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 Mehmet Rıfat Efendi began in Sivas in 1861/62 (AH 1278); the father's occupation was "Akşemseddin Madeni müdürü". The first salary was 225 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mehmet Rıfat as Polis memuru in Sivas, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1907/08. For 1892 to 1897, 1899 to 1902 and 1905 to 1907 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1907/08 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Komiser.
Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 750 in 1907/08, when 69 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (Place not recorded).
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)
First work here
1891 to 1908 (AH 1309 to 1325)
Polis memuru 1891/92 (AH 1309); Üçüncü sınıf komiser (açıktan) 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316); İkinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) 1902/03 (AH 1320); Birinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) 1904/05 (AH 1322); Komiser (tensikte ibka) 1907/08 (AH 1325)
300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
No annual entry for 1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314) or 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319) or 1903/04 (AH 1321) or 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324).
Place not recorded not on the map
1907/08 (AH 1325)
Komiser
750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 300 | 400 | 300 | 28% | |
| 1904/05 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 55% | |
| 1907/08 | 750 | 460 | 69% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Zile | 225first-salary field | |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314) | |||
| 1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316 | Üçüncü sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | |
| No annual entry: 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319) | |||
| 1902/03AH 1320 | İkinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | |
| No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321) | |||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Birinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324) | |||
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Komiser (tensikte ibka) | Sivas | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Komiser | 750 | |
Record#
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 68 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 65 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.
- Tahir Rüşdü Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Bodosyan Oseb Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ohannes Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mustafa Rahmi Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Enis Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.
- Bogos Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 270 kuruş
- Hacı Bedros Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Kamil Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Sait Beyborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.
- İsmail Zeki Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Arif Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 600 kuruş
- İshak Şevki Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 400 kuruş
- İsmail Vehbi Efendifirst entry in Kütahya; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Yusuf Agâh Efendifirst entry in Antakya; highest salary 400 kuruş
All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Üçüncü sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Üçüncü sınıf komiser (asaleten) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | İkinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Birinci sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | İkinci komiser (asaleten) | Sivas | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Komiser (tensikte ibka) | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Komiser | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 482 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00188, s.194 |
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)