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Mehmed Raif 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 Raif Efendi began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The first salary was 150 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Raif as Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu and no place named.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 250 in 1906/07, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 19,200 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12DidymoteichoEnez

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi).

  1. Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Enez (İnoz)

    First work here

  3. İnöz Rüsumat İdaresi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)

    Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu

    150 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324250 kuruşGayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This officialMedian, all officials

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
Salary of Mehmed Raif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9815040010%
1898/9915040010%
1899/190015040010%
1900/0115040010%
1901/021504009%
1902/031504008%
1903/041504059%
1904/0515040010%
1905/0615043011%
1906/0725045022%

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.

Career of Mehmed Raif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workEnez (İnoz)150first-salary field
1897 to 1907AH 1315 to 1324Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusu
12 entries
YearSalary
1897/98150
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1901/02150
1902/03150
1903/04150
1904/05150
1905/06150
1906/07150
1906/07250
1906/07250
150 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)

First work

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 birthplace

Of the 81 officials born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), 78 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Raif Efendi had the 65th highest salary of them.

The page of Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), with the 81 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Raif Efendi had the 118th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Raif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1898/99AH 1316Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1899/1900AH 1317Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1900/01AH 1318Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1901/02AH 1319Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1902/03AH 1320Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1903/04AH 1321Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1904/05AH 1322Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1905/06AH 1323Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1906/07AH 1324Gayri müşterek rüsumat kolcusuİnöz Rüsumat İdaresi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1906/07AH 1324Piyade muhafaza memuruİliçe Rüsumat İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
1906/07AH 1324Piyade muhafaza memuruİliçe Rüsumat İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 193-1039
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 Mehmed Raif 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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