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Mehmet Ragıp 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 Ragıp Efendi was born in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1865/66 (AH 1282) into the İslam community; the father was a medrese teacher (müderris). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 15, in 1879/80, Mehmet Ragıp began work in Kumanovo (Kumanova). Every annual entry from 1879/80 to 1886/87 places Mehmet Ragıp in the same post, Tapu kalemi mülazımı, in Kumanovo.

The one salary in the lists is 125 kuruş a month, for 1886/87, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1879/8012SkopjeKumanovo

  1. Skopje (Üsküp)

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Kumanovo (Kumanova)

    First work 1879/80 (AH 1297); 1879 to 1887 (AH 1297 to 1304)

    Tapu kalemi mülazımı 1879/80 (AH 1297); Nüfus kâtibi 1886/87 (AH 1304)

    125 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304125 kuruşTapu kalemi mülazımıNüfus kâtibi

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 Mehmet Ragıp Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First workKumanovo (Kumanova)
1879/80AH 1297Tapu kalemi mülazımıKumanovo (Kumanova)
No annual entry: 1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Nüfus kâtibiKumanovo (Kumanova)125

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Müderris

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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 3 officials with entries in Kumanovo (Kumanova) in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ragıp Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 17 officials with entries in Kumanovo (Kumanova)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ragıp Efendi had the 482nd highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 12 officials born in Skopje (Üsküp), Mehmet Ragıp Efendi had the 11th highest salary.

The page of Skopje (Üsküp), with the 12 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ragıp Efendi had the 185th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Ragıp Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Tapu kalemi mülazımıKumanovo (Kumanova)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records90 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00032/00076. 72
1886/87AH 1304Nüfus kâtibiKumanovo (Kumanova)125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records90 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00032/00076. 72
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 Mehmet Ragıp 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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