Mehmet Refik 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
The life of Mehmet Refik Efendi began in Bosna. Mehmet Refik began work in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1880/81 (AH 1298), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Mehmet Refik as Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi in Baghdad, where the entries run to 1890/91. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1896 give a second post, in Basra as İkinci sınıf polis komiseri. Alongside, the lists for 1895 to 1897 give a second post, in Mosul as İkinci sınıf polis komiseri. Alongside, the lists for 1896/97 give a second post, in Baghdad as İkinci sınıf polis komiseri.
The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to 750 in 1886/87, the peak, in Baghdad, when 73 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 17 years of salary come to 129,600 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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.
First work 1880/81 (AH 1298); 1880 to 1891 (AH 1298 to 1308)
Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi
400 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years
1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
İkinci sınıf polis komiseri
750 kuruş a month; entries in 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 | 400 | 400 | 475 | 46% | |
| 1881/82 | 400 | 400 | 475 | 46% | |
| 1882/83 | 400 | 400 | 515 | 46% | |
| 1883/84 | 400 | 400 | 365 | 46% | |
| 1884/85 | 475 | 400 | 412.5 | 58% | |
| 1885/86 | 475 | 400 | 342.5 | 57% | |
| 1886/87 | 750 | 400 | 325 | 73% | |
| 1887/88 | 750 | 400 | 300 | 72% | |
| 1888/89 | 750 | 400 | 350 | 74% | |
| 1889/90 | 750 | 400 | 390 | 74% | |
| 1890/91 | 750 | 400 | 400 | 73% | |
| 1891/92 | 750 | 400 | 350 | 73% | |
| 1892/93 | 750 | 400 | 360 | 74% | |
| 1893/94 | 750 | 400 | 360 | 75% | |
| 1894/95 | 750 | 400 | 360 | 74% | |
| 1895/96 | 750 | 400 | 385 | 74% | |
| 1896/97 | 750 | 450 | 400 | 73% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400first-salary field |
| 1880 to 1891AH 1298 to 1308 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 to 750 |
| 1890 to 1896AH 1308 to 1313 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Mosul (Musul) | 750 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Bosna
First work
- Year
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
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 58 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, 55 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Rifat Bey10 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- İbrahim Rüşdü Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- MUSTAFA SEVFAT EFENDİ9 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Hekil Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Ahmet Vasfi Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 3,100 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Efendifirst entry in Lapseki; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Avadis Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ligor Efendifirst entry in İncesu; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Âdem Nurifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
- İbrahim Nazmi Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Osmanî İdaresi vapurları müfettişi (İstifa) | Baghdad (Bağdat) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Zabıta birinci sınıf süvari müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Zabıta birinci sınıf süvari müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Zabıta birinci sınıf süvari müfettişi | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 475 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Basra | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Mosul (Musul) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Mosul (Musul) | 750 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | İkinci sınıf polis komiseri | Baghdad (Bağdat) | 750 | 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)