Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Dated entries 1881 to 1897 (AH 1299 to 1314)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Schooling included Mahallî Mekteb-i İbtidâî; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). Service included Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi in İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası (1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)). Later posts included Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu in Balatya (1890/91 (AH 1308)) and Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru in Elvine (1896/97 (AH 1314)). İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası appears most often, across 6 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 300 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
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.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
Birth
2 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası
First work as recorded
Calculated age 25
İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası
Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi
Calculated age 25
3 1882/83 (AH 1300) · 5 recorded years
İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası
AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası
Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi (İnfisal)
Calculated age 30
4 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Balatya
Not yet located on the map: Balatya
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu
150 kuruşCalculated age 34
5 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Elvine
Not yet located on the map: Elvine
Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru
300 kuruşCalculated age 40
4 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.
- Kendi hesabına ticaret · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kendi hesabına ticaret (Görevin sona ermesi) · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu (İnfisal) · Balatya · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu ve kâtibi · Ekinlik · Undated · 175 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 150 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.0% | 1896 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
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- Balatya150
- Elvine300
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
- Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)124 other officialsHalil Kâmil Efendi born 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 300 kuruş
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)187 other officialsMehmed Esad Efendi first annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 350 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları
İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 87, 88
³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
Read the original source accounts · 13 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.