Mehmed Arif 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
Mehmed Arif Efendi was born in Burdur in 1837/38 (AH 1253); the father's occupation was "Burdur nüfus memuru". The annual lists begin in 1866/67, with Mehmed Arif as Rusumat Muduru in Burdur, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1889/90. For 1867 to 1876, 1877 to 1889 and 1890 to 1892 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1892/93, names Mehmed Arif as Kaymakam vekili, with no place.
Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1866/67 to a peak of 1,008 in 1892/93, when 84 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 24,096 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.
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.
Born 1837/38 (AH 1253); First work here; 1866 to 1890 (AH 1283 to 1307)
Rusumat Muduru 1866/67 (AH 1283); Defter-i Hakani Kalemi tapu kâtibi (İstifa) 1876/77 (AH 1293); Nüfus memuru 1889/90 (AH 1307)
500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
No annual entry for 1867 to 1876 (AH 1284 to 1292) or 1877 to 1889 (AH 1294 to 1306).
Tefenni as worded, no place record
1892/93 (AH 1310)
No annual entry for 1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309) before it.
Kaymakam vekili
1,008 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1889/90 | 500 | 400 | 330 | 56% | |
| 1892/93 | 1,008 | 400 | 84% |
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 | Burdur | ||
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Rusumat Muduru | Burdur | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1867 to 1876 (AH 1284 to 1292) | |||
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Defter-i Hakani Kalemi tapu kâtibi (İstifa) | Burdur | |
| No annual entry: 1877 to 1889 (AH 1294 to 1306) | |||
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Nüfus memuru | Burdur | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309) | |||
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Kaymakam vekili | 1,008 | |
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 28 officials with entries in Burdur in the same years, 27 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Edhem Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 855 kuruş
- Osman Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 450 kuruş
- Abdi Bey (H. 1274 / M. 1857-1858)2 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 2 officials with the title Rusumat Muduru in the same years, Mehmed Arif Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Resul Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,900 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 93 officials born in Burdur, 88 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Şükrü Paşaborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Raşid Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdullah Ata Efendi (H. 1254 / M. 1838-1839)born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi (H. 1250 / M. 1834-1835)born 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 160 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.
- Mustafa Rüşdü Efendifirst entry in Çankırı; highest salary 450 kuruş
- Osman Remzi Efendifirst entry in Amasya; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mustafa Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Ahmet Ramiz Efendi 2first entry in Sinop; no salary recorded
- Ömer Efendifirst annual entry 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 400 kuruş
All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Rusumat Muduru | Burdur | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187; 968 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187. * Günümüzde Burdur Merkez’e bağlı köyleridir. |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Defter-i Hakani Kalemi tapu kâtibi (İstifa) | Burdur | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187; 968 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187. * Günümüzde Burdur Merkez’e bağlı köyleridir. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Nüfus memuru | Burdur | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187; 968 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187. * Günümüzde Burdur Merkez’e bağlı köyleridir. |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Kaymakam vekili | Tefenni | 1,008 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187; 968 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187. * Günümüzde Burdur Merkez’e bağlı köyleridir. |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Arazi, yoklama ve tapu kâtibi | Karaağaç | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 9, s. 187. |
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)