Mehmed Rıfat Bey
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
Mehmed Rıfat Bey was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). Work began in 1882/83, at about 23, on a first salary of 2,000 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, names Mehmed Rıfat as Şehbender, with no place.
The salary went from 2,000 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 3,000 in 1884/85, the peak, when 95 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 84,000 kuruş, 5.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last 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 1859/60 (AH 1276)
Bender Buşehr as worded, no place record
1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
Şehbender
2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 | 2,000 | 400 | 93% | ||
| 1883/84 | 2,000 | 400 | 93% | ||
| 1884/85 | 3,000 | 400 | 95% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | First work | 2,000first-salary field | |
| 1882 to 1885AH 1300 to 1302 | Şehbender | 2,000 to 3,000 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
First work
- Year
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)
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 26 officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat), 24 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rıfat Bey had the 2nd highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Rifat Beyborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Giridye Rahka (?) Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 850 kuruş
- Ahmed Şakir Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 750 kuruş
- MUHAMMET NURİ EFENDİborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmed Ragıb Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 900 kuruş
The page of Baghdad (Bağdat), with the 26 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rıfat Bey had the 9th highest salary of them.
- ABDULKADİR BEGfirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Bedros Topkolyan Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Hasan Tahsin Efendi (H. 1276 / M. 1860)first annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 480 kuruş
- Hasan Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); no salary recorded
- İsa Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 200 kuruş
All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Şehbender | Bender Buşehr | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Şehbender | Bender Buşehr | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Şehbender (Nakil) | Bender Buşehr | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Şehbender | İsfahan | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Şehbender | İsfahan | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Şehbender (Nakil) | İsfahan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Başşehbender | Kirmanşah | 3,000 | 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)