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Mehmet Rıza 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

Mehmet Rıza Efendi was born in Kars in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Kırk Dokuzuncu Alay Musika Yüzbaşısı". At about 15, in 1888/89, Mehmet Rıza began work. The first annual entry, for 1888/89, names Mehmet Rıza as Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı, with no place.

The one salary in the lists is 80 kuruş a month, for 1888/89, when 4 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1888/89.

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. Kars

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Yemen Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı

    80 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmet Rıza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First work
1888/89AH 1306Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1888/89
1888/89
1888/8980
80

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Kars
Father's occupation
Kırk Dokuzuncu Alay Musika Yüzbaşısı

First work

Year
1888/89 (AH 1306)

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 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Efendi had the 112th highest salary of them.

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Efendi had the 152nd highest salary of them.

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Rıza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıYemen Vilayeti Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 28/123
1888/89AH 1306Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Yemen Vilayeti Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 28/123
1888/89AH 1306Mektubi Kalemi memuruYemen Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 28/123
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 Rıza 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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