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MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ

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 MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). At about 18, in 1887/88, MUHAMMET RİFET began work, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1887/88, names MUHAMMET RİFET as hafriyat kâtibi, with no place.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to 600 in 1903/04, the peak, when two in three paid officials earned less. Over 11 years the salaries add up to 39,000 kuruş, 73 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1903/04.

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.

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1869/70 (AH 1286)

  2. Mahmudiye emlâk-i hümâyun mukataası as worded, no place record

    1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    hafriyat kâtibi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Şafiiye mukataa şubesi as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1904 (AH 1307 to 1321)

    Katip 1889 to 1904 (AH 1307 to 1321); kâtip (İnfisal) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 15 years

  4. Ebugarib arazi-i seniye şubesi as worded, no place record

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    kâtib-i evvel

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321600 kuruşhafriyat kâtibiKatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8825040020%
1888/8925040021%
1889/9025040021%
1890/9125040021%
1891/9225040030021%
1892/9325040030021%
1893/9425040021%
1894/9525040025021%
1895/9625040015520%
1897/9840040021045%
1903/0460040567%

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 MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First work250first-salary field
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307hafriyat kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1887/88250
1887/88
1887/88250
1888/89250
1889/90250
250
1889 to 1904AH 1307 to 1321Katip
17 entries
YearSalary
1889/90250
1890/91250
1891/92250
1892/93250
1893/94250
1894/95250
1895/96250
1895/96250
1896/97
1897/98
1897/98400
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
250
1895/96AH 1313kâtip (İnfisal)
1903/04AH 1321kâtib-i evvel600

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 job title, same years

Of the 16 officials with the title Katip in the same years, MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ had the 4th highest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ had the 71st highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ had the 49th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305hafriyat kâtibiMahmudiye emlâk-i hümâyun mukataası250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1887/88AH 1305hafriyat kâtibi (Nakil)Mahmudiye emlâk-i hümâyun mukataasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1887/88AH 1305kâtib-i saniÇakkara emlâk-i hümâyun şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1888/89AH 1306kâtib-i saniÇakkara emlâk-i hümâyun şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1889/90AH 1307kâtib-i saniÇakkara emlâk-i hümâyun şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1889/90AH 1307KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1890/91AH 1308KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1891/92AH 1309KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1892/93AH 1310KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1893/94AH 1311KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1894/95AH 1312KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1895/96AH 1313KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1895/96AH 1313kâtip (İnfisal)Şafiiye mukataa şubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1895/96AH 1313KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1896/97AH 1314KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1897/98AH 1315KatipŞafiiye mukataa şubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1897/98AH 1315KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1898/99AH 1316KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1899/1900AH 1317KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1900/01AH 1318KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1901/02AH 1319KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1902/03AH 1320KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1903/04AH 1321KatipEbugarib mukataa-i seniyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
1903/04AH 1321kâtib-i evvelEbugarib arazi-i seniye şubesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records254 DH_SAİD,00147_00051
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 MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ 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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