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Hüseyin Rıfkı 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

Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). At about 24, in 1881/82, Hüseyin Rıfkı began work in Istanbul. The annual lists begin in 1881/82, with Hüseyin Rıfkı as Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi and no place named. For 1887 to 1890 and 1891 to 1896 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to 300 in 1896/97, the peak, when 26 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

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.

All 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1881/8212AfyonkarahisarIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası), stop 4 (Balatya), stop 5 (Elvine).

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  3. İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)

    Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

    entries in 6 years

  4. Balatya as worded, no place record not on the map

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307) before it.

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Elvine as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313) before it.

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314300 kuruşAskerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This officialMedian, all officials

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
Salary of Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/9115040011%
1896/9730045026%

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.

Career of Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1881 to 1887AH 1299 to 1304Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi
7 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87
No annual entry: 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
1890/91AH 1308Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu150
No annual entry: 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru300

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi had the 76th highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi had the 123rd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1882/83AH 1300Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1883/84AH 1301Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1884/85AH 1302Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1885/86AH 1303Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1886/87AH 1304Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1886/87AH 1304Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi (İnfisal)İstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1890/91AH 1308Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuBalatya150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
1896/97AH 1314Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruElvine300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records³⁶ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088. 47
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 Hüseyin Rıfkı 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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