Mehmed Refik Efendi
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1868 to 1897 (AH 1285 to 1314)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Refik Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The father’s occupation was Matbûât-ı Âmire eski müdürü. Schooling included Sıbyan mektepleri; Mekteb-i Maarif; Mahrec-i Aklâm; Lisan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Dated career entries span 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 30 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Varna, beginning with Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru and ending with entries for Varna tüccar vekili. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Kirmanşah, Bulgaristan and Varna and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 2,000 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1881/82 (AH 1299). [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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 10 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 20
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 13 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru
Calculated age 33
Continuing service as described
4 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Kirmanşah
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kirmanşah
Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru
Calculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Kirmanşah
Kirmanşah başşehbenderi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
5 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Kirmanşah / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Bulgaristan
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kirmanşah; Bulgaristan
Kirmanşah
Kirmanşah başşehbenderi
3,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Bulgaristan Komisyonu Türkçe kâtibi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
6 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Bulgaristan
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Bulgaristan
Bulgaristan Komisyonu Türkçe kâtibi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
Bulgaristan Komisyonu Türkçe kâtibi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 37
Continuing service as described
7 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Bulgaristan / Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bulgaristan; Location not recorded
Bulgaristan Komisyonu Türkçe kâtibi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
Continuing service as described
Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
8 Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
Continuing service as described
Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
9 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Varna / Ruse (Rusçuk)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 43
10 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 6 recorded years
Varna
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Varna tüccar vekili
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
Varna tüccar vekili
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 49
2 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.
- Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 335 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 600 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 500 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 52.6% | 505 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 3,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 95.4% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 3,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 95.8% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 93.5% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 92.7% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 93.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 92.9% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 2,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 92.2% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 2,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 92.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 2,000 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 92.9% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 2,000 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 92.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 92.2% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 2,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 92.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 93.5% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 93.1% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 92.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 2,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 92.1% | 2119 |
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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Varna1,800 to 2,000
- Bulgaristan2,000
- Kirmanşah3,000
- Ruse (Rusçuk)2,000
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
- Istanbul665 other officialsA. Mavroyeni Bey born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Istanbul415 other officialsHasan Şevki Bey 16 shared years; highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)111 other officialsADANA MAHKEME-İ İSTİNÂF REİSİ HÜSEYİN ŞÜKRİ232 first entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektepleri; Mekteb-i Maarif; Mahrec-i Aklâm; Lisan Mektebi [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 226, 227
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 30 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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