Mehmet Refik Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Bosna · Dated entries 1880 to 1897 (AH 1298 to 1314)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Refik Efendi was born in Bosna. Schooling included Mahallî sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri; medrese. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Dated career entries span 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 17 AH years, beginning with Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Baghdad (Bağdat), Basra and Mosul (Musul). [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298) to 750 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 750 kuruş in 1886/87 (AH 1304). [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 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 6 · Baghdad (Bağdat)
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 First work as recorded
Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi
400 kuruş
2 1881/82 (AH 1299) · 9 recorded years
Baghdad (Bağdat)
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi
400 kuruş
Continuing service as described
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Baghdad (Bağdat) / Basra
Within-year entry order unresolved
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
4 İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
5 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Basra / Mosul (Musul)
Within-year entry order unresolved
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
6 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Mosul (Musul) / Baghdad (Bağdat)
Within-year entry order unresolved
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
Continuing service as described
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Birth · Bosna · Year not recorded
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 400 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 47.0% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 46.6% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.1% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 475 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.4% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 475 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.2% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 73.6% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 73.0% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 750 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 75.0% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 750 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 74.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 750 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 73.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 74.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 750 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 75.1% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 74.6% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 750 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 74.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 73.2% | 2119 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Baghdad (Bağdat)400 to 750
- Basra750
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
- Baghdad (Bağdat)57 other officialsMehmed Rifat Bey 10 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)181 other officialsAhmed Efendi first entry in Lapseki; highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar
MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 113, 114
Read the original source accounts · 24 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 · 17 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 24 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.