Mehmet Rifat 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 Rifat Efendi was born in Akhisar in 1845 (AH 1261); the father was a clerk (katip). The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with Mehmet Rifat as Telgraf muhabere memuru in Niğde. At the same time, from 1869 to 1880, the lists also place Mehmet Rifat in Bilecik as Telgraf muhabere memuru. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1884. The last post was in İnegöl in 1884/85, with a rise to Telgraf Muduru.
Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to a peak of 600 in 1884/85, as Telgraf Muduru in İnegöl, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1884/85.
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.
Born 1845 (AH 1261)
First work here
1869 to 1880 (AH 1286 to 1297)
Telgraf muhabere memuru
106 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years
1884/85 (AH 1302)
No annual entry for 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301) before it.
600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 | 400 | 475 | 40% | ||
| 1869/70 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 44% | |
| 1870/71 | 400 | 400 | 300 | 44% | |
| 1871/72 | 400 | 420.5 | 400 | 42% | |
| 1872/73 | 380 | 450 | 380 | 40% | |
| 1873/74 | 380 | 405 | 390 | 42% | |
| 1874/75 | 380 | 450 | 380 | 41% | |
| 1875/76 | 500 | 450 | 350 | 54% | |
| 1876/77 | 500 | 420 | 380 | 55% | |
| 1879/80 | 500 | 400 | 380 | 57% | |
| 1884/85 | 600 | 400 | 400 | 67% |
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 | Bursa | ||
| 1868 to 1870AH 1285 to 1286 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Niğde | 400 |
| 1869 to 1880AH 1286 to 1297 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 400 to 500 |
| No annual entry: 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301) | |||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Telgraf Muduru | İnegöl | 600 |
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 12 officials with entries in Bilecik in the same years, Mehmet Rifat Efendi had the 7th highest salary.
- Hacı Mustafa Nuri Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 1,935 kuruş
- Mehmet Kadri Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ali Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
- Kirkor Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hâfız Abdülbâki Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 940 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 2 officials with the title Telgraf Muduru in the same years, Mehmet Rifat Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmed Haşim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 5 officials born in Akhisar, Mehmet Rifat Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Agop Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 385 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ömer Fahreddin Beyborn 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 1,350 kuruş
- Mustafa Servet Beyborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rifat Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.
- Ali Şefik Efendifirst entry in Niš (Niş); highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Ebubekir Efendifirst annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 320 kuruş
- Mustafa Sabri Efendifirst entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Şatır Efendifirst entry in Samsun; highest salary 475 kuruş
- SELİM MELHAME EFENDİfirst annual entry 1868/69 (AH 1285); no salary recorded
All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Niğde | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Niğde | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 106 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1878AH 1295 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Telgraf muhabere memuru | Bilecik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Telgraf Muduru | İnegöl | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
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)