Mehmet Arif 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 Arif Efendi began in Sivas in 1867/68 (AH 1284). At about 24, in 1891/92, Mehmet Arif began work in Sivas, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1891/92 to 1907/08 places Mehmet Arif in the same post, Polis memuru, in Sivas, the birthplace.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to 600 in 1907/08, the peak, in Sivas, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 300 | 400 | 300 | 28% | |
| 1893/94 | 300 | 400 | 360 | 27% | |
| 1907/08 | 600 | 460 | 400 | 61% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Sivas | 300first-salary field |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310) | |||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Sivas | 300 |
| No annual entry: 1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324) | |||
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Sivas | 300 to 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 54 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 51 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Arif Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.
- İsmail Zeki Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,561 kuruş
- Mehmed Reşid Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,150 kuruş
- Ahmed Reşit Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 950 kuruş
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Arif Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hafız Mehmet Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hafız Seyyid Mehmet Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 360 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Mehmet Nuri Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Arif Efendi had the 41st highest salary of them.
- İsmail Zeki Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 750 kuruş
- İshak Şevki Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 400 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendifirst annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- TAHSİN EFENDİfirst annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); highest salary 300 kuruş
All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Polis memuru | Sivas | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 412 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00186, s.206 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Sivas | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 412 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00186, s.206 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Sivas | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 412 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00186, s.206 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Sivas | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH.SAİD.d.nr.00186, s.206 |
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)