Mehmed 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 Mehmed Refik Efendi began in Taşköprü; the father's occupation was "Taşköprü kazası Bidayet Mahkemesi icra mübaşiri". The annual lists begin in 1906/07 (AH 1324), with Mehmed Refik as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati in Çerkeş. At the same time, from 1907 to 1910, the lists also place Mehmed Refik in Taşköprü as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi. Alongside, the lists for 1909 to 1911 give a second post, in Bafra as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1911 give a second post, in Eskişehir as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru.
Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to a peak of 1,200 in 1907/08, in Taşköprü, when 83 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 60,600 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1911.
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 here
1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi
1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
500 to 600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 250 | 450 | 350 | 22% | |
| 1907/08 | 1,200 | 460 | 300 | 83% | |
| 1908/09 | 1,200 | 400 | 300 | 80% | |
| 1909/10 | 1,200 | 600 | 400 | 75% | |
| 1910/11 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 44% | |
| 1911 | 700 | 600 | 1,100 | 52% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Taşköprü | ||
| 1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati | Çerkeş | 250 |
| 1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi | Taşköprü | 1,200 |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1329 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi | Bafra | 500 to 600 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru | Eskişehir | 700 |
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 6 officials with entries in Taşköprü in the same years, Mehmed Refik Efendi had the highest salary.
- Süleyman Salim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmed Said Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mustafa Asım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mahmud Nedim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 200 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Refik Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Reşid Efendiborn 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Mehmed Muhlis Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Nafiz Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Mehmed Tayyib Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmed Beyborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 350 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Refik Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.
- CİCYAN ARTİN EFENDİfirst entry in Çerkeş; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Bekir Sıtkı Efendifirst entry in Amasya; no salary recorded
- Ahmed Lütfi Efendifirst annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324); highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Yahya Efendifirst annual entry 1906/07 (AH 1324); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Alucra; highest salary 320 kuruş
All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati | Çerkeş | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati | Çerkeş | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi | Taşköprü | 1,200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi | Taşköprü | 1,200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı meclis kâtibi refik-i sânisi | Taşköprü | 1,200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi | Bafra | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi | Bafra | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi | Bafra | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi | Bafra | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
| 1911AH 1329 | Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru | Eskişehir | 700 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d., 3/696 |
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)