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Mehmed Rifat Efendi

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Taşköprü · Dated entries 1905 to 1910 (AH 1323 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/241

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1905/06 (AH 1323): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified1906/07 (AH 1324): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified1907/08 (AH 1325): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified1907/08 (AH 1325): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified, 400 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified, 650 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified, 650 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327): İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi, place unspecified, 650 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327): Azil, place unspecifiedAH 1323AH 1325AH 1327
Places and reading notes

    5 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 2 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.

    1Taşköprü
    ● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

    Stage 1 of 2 · Taşköprü

    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.

    1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

    1. 1

      1874/75 (AH 1291)

      Taşköprü

      1. Birth

    2. 2

      1905/06 (AH 1323) · 5 recorded years

      Place not recorded

      AH entries: 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      1. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        Calculated age 32

      2. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        Calculated age 33

        Continuing service as described

      3. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        Calculated age 34

        Continuing service as described

      4. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        400 kuruşCalculated age 34

      5. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        650 kuruşCalculated age 34

      6. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        650 kuruşCalculated age 35

        Continuing service as described

      7. İbniye-i Seniyye ambar muallimi

        650 kuruşCalculated age 36

        Continuing service as described

      8. Azil

        Calculated age 36

    1 entry without a resolved year

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

    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.

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    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
    1907/08 (AH 1325)650460135 to 1,61565.8%1290
    1908/09 (AH 1326)650400150 to 2,00065.9%1232
    1909/10 (AH 1327)650600200 to 2,00056.3%1088

    Career patterns and pay

    Recorded pay over the career

    Kuruş · dated amounts
    03256501907/08AH 13251909/10AH 13271907/08 (AH 1325) · 400 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 650 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · 650 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · 650 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.

    Titles across the recorded years

    Distinct AH years with each recorded title
    1. 1905 to 1910 (AH 1323 to 1327)

    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

    Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İbtidai şahadetnamesi; Dârülmuallimîn ahitnamesi; Bayezid Medresesi icazetnamesi [1]

    Schooling Mahalle ibtidaisi; rüşdiye; Kastamonu Dârülmuallimîni; İstanbul Bayezid Medresesi [source]

    Language skills and historical terms

    Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

    All personal fields and their sources

    Personal details

    Birthplace
    Taşköprü [source]
    Birth year
    1874/75 (AH 1291) [source]
    Father’s occupation
    Müderris; Boyabat müftü vekili [source]
    Archive references
    BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/241 [1]

    Education and languages

    Turkish
    Kitâbet [source]
    Qualification
    Formal qualification recorded [source]İbtidai şahadetnamesi; Dârülmuallimîn ahitnamesi; Bayezid Medresesi icazetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
    Education
    Mahalle ibtidaisi; rüşdiye; Kastamonu Dârülmuallimîni; İstanbul Bayezid Medresesi [source]

    Sources and evidence

    1. Sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar

      VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 132, 133

      BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/241

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    Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years

    Annual salary study and register readings

    The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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