Official
Mehmet Raif Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Serres (Siroz) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). On record 1877 to 1892, 15 annual entries. Death recorded 1892/93.
Archive reference 54_111; 219
Life#
Mehmet Raif Efendi was born in Serres (Siroz) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muderris.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Serres in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 17 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Muhabere Memuru. 41 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.85 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1891/92, when 43 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
A death is recorded under 1892/93 (AH 1310): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Serres (Siroz)
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Muderris
- Death recorded
- 1892/93 (AH 1310)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 1 year
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Place
- Serres (Siroz)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | First work | Serres (Siroz) | 380first-salary field |
| 1877 to 1879AH 1294 to 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 |
| No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297) | |||
| 1880 to 1892AH 1298 to 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 to 500 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Death recorded | ||
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 380 | 560 | 410 | 15% |
| 1878 | 380 | 600 | 500 | 15% |
| 1878/79 | 380 | 600 | 420 | 16% |
| 1880/81 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 21% |
| 1881/82 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 20% |
| 1882/83 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1883/84 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1884/85 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1885/86 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1886/87 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1887/88 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1888/89 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 41% |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 42% |
| 1890/91 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
| 1891/92 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 43% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Mehmet Aziz EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 15 shared years
- Unnamed official (23_48; 93)Thessaloniki (Selanik), 14 shared years
- Nikola Eftiyaka EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 13 shared years
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 12 shared years
- Berdos [Bedros] EfendiThessaloniki (Selanik), 12 shared years
149 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Same school recorded
- Abdülhamit EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmed Hamdi EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Bican EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Refik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Osman Nuri EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Ahmet Rıfat EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Hüseyin AğaSerres (Siroz), born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Yusuf Mişon EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1855/56 (AH 1272)
- Mustafa Şevket EfendiSerres (Siroz), born 1867/68 (AH 1284)
21 officials in all. Officials born in Serres (Siroz)
Full record
Annual entries (15)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhabere Memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 54_111; 219 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (15)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Raif Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1276 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | selanik | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | Muderris | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 1 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1293 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1876 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Siroz | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Status | ||
| Death recorded under the year (AH) | 1310 | Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy) |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
- A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
- Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
- A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 15 annual entries of 15 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.