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Mehmed Raif Efendi

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1897/98 (AH 1315): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu, İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi, 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Piyade muhafaza memuru, İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi, 250 kuruşAH 1315AH 1320AH 1324
Places and reading notes
  • İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi
  • İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi

10 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 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.

1Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)Enez (İnoz)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1897/98 (AH 1315) · 9 recorded years

    İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi

    AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi

    1. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 34

    2. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    3. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    4. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    5. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    6. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    7. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

    8. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    9. Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

  3. 3

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi / İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi; İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi

    1. İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi

      Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

      150 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi

      Piyade muhafaza memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 43

2 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

  • Rüsumat ve Düyun-ı Umumiye müşterek kolcusu · İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi · Undated · 150 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
  • First work as recorded · Enez (İnoz) · 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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1897/98 (AH 1315)150400140 to 1,42510.3%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)150400144 to 1,40010.0%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)150400140 to 1,44010.4%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)150400140 to 1,50010.3%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)150400150 to 1,5209.8%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)150400150 to 1,5009.0%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)150405150 to 1,4509.9%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)150400135 to 1,50010.5%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)150430125 to 1,50011.4%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)250450150 to 1,52522.2%1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01252501897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201906/07AH 13241897/98 (AH 1315) · 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · 150 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 150 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 150 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 150 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 150 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 150 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 250 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● 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 entries
  1. İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi10
    1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)
  2. İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi1
    1906/07 (AH 1324)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150
  2. İliçe Rüsumat İdaresi250

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 title
  1. 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)
  2. 1906/07 (AH 1324)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Dimetoka sıbyan mektebi [source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Dimetoka sıbyan mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Enez [source]İnöz [1]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 153

    BOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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