Mehmet Refi Bey
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Dagistan · Dated entries 1870 to 1900 (AH 1287 to 1317)
Languages Russian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/867
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Refi Bey was born in Dagistan in 1847/48 (AH 1264). Schooling included Dimnasy Mektebi (Rusya). The language repertoire included Russian and Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1870/71 (AH 1287). Dated career entries span 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 23 AH years, beginning with Muhacirin Komisyonu pasaport mütercimi. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Aleppo (Halep), Mosul (Musul), Prizren and Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid and 5 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1870/71 (AH 1287) to 1,570 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,750 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306). [1]
Life and career
Follow 15 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.
Stage 1 of 15 · Dagistan
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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.
8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Dagistan
Birth
2 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Muhacirin Komisyonu pasaport mütercimi
300 kuruşCalculated age 23
3 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 7 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Muhacirin Komisyonu pasaport mütercimi
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Muhacirin Komisyonu meclis zabıt kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 30
Continuing service as described
4 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Muhacirin Komisyonu meclis zabıt kâtibi
400 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
İskân-ı Muhacirin Memuriyeti refakat memuru
1,700 kuruşCalculated age 31
5 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Aleppo (Halep) / Mosul (Musul)
Within-year entry order unresolved
İskân-ı Muhacirin Memuriyeti refakat memuru
1,700 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Vilayet evrak müdürü
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 32
6 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Mosul (Musul) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vilayet evrak müdürü
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 33
7 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Prizren / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Sancak tahrirat müdürü
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 34
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 34
8 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid
Vilayet mektupçu odası müsebbitliği
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
9 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Pevende
Not yet located on the map: Pevende
Kaymakam
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 36
10 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Karput
Not yet located on the map: Karput
Kaymakam
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 42
11 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Karput / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karput; Location not recorded
Karput
Kaymakam
1,750 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 43
12 13 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Osmaniye / Kars
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kars
14 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 3 recorded years
Kars
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Kars
15 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Kars / Karaisalı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kars; Karaisalı
5 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.
- İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Yunda · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mutasarrıf vekili · Kozan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mutasarrıf vekili (Görevin sona ermesi) · Kozan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İzin · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 30.7% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 300 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 30.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 285 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 29.5% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 285 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 30.0% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 285 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 28.0% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 42.6% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 400 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 43.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 43.0% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,700 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 88.1% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 1,700 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 86.4% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,250 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 84.2% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,250 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 86.5% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 81.5% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 86.8% | 1655 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 1,750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 91.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,750 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 91.8% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,750 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 90.6% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1,750 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 90.6% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 1,750 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 91.2% | 1935 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,450 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 88.5% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,450 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 90.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,450 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 90.5% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,570 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 91.5% | 1821 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Kars1,450 to 1,620
- Osmaniye1,750
- Aleppo (Halep)1,700
- Karput1,750
- Mosul (Musul)1,250
- Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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 titleThe 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
- Dagistan78 other officialsMehmet Emin Efendi born 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)17 other officialsMehmed Lâmi Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)103 other officialsMehmet Said Efendi first annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Dimnasy Mektebi (Rusya) [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
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BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/867
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