Mehmet Rifat Efendi
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Kütahya · Dated entries 1864 to 1894 (AH 1281 to 1311)
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:138, s.187
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmet Rifat Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Schooling included Özel hocadan biraz Arapça. [source]
The first place of work was Kütahya. Dated career entries span 1864/65 (AH 1281) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 29 AH years, from Kütahya to Gümüş, beginning with Tahrir Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Zabıta-i Mülkiye memuru. More than one post or place appears in 10 of those years. Place names include Kütahya, Gediz, Eskişehir and Gümüş and 1 other named places. [1] [2]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1866/67 (AH 1283) to 200 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 350 kuruş in 1873/74 (AH 1290). [1] [2]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 12 · Kütahya
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Kütahya
Birth
2 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 7 recorded years
Kütahya
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrir Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 16
3 1871/72 (AH 1288) · 2 recorded years
Kütahya / Gediz
AH entries: 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Gediz / Eskişehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1874/75 (AH 1291) · 2 recorded years
Eskişehir / Gümüş
AH entries: 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümüş
6 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Gümüş / Kütahya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümüş
7 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Kütahya / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
9 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Place not recorded / Gümüş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Gümüş
10 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Eğrigöz / Gümüş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz; Gümüş
11 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 11 recorded years
Eğrigöz
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Eğrigöz
12 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Gümüş
Not yet located on the map: Gümüş
Zabıta-i Mülkiye memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 46
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.
- Başçavuş · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1] Source [2]
- First work as recorded · Kütahya · Year not recorded
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 250 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 23.9% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 208 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 19.4% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 208 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 18.6% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 190 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 15.3% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 190 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 14.0% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 300 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 30.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 300 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 31.7% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 350 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 40.4% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 350 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 38.0% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 330 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 35.9% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 150 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 10.0% | 1102 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 250 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 19.2% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 250 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 20.5% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 19.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.9% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 19.6% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.9% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 21.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 250 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 21.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 14.0% | 1929 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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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 rateRanges 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
- Kütahya149 other officialsSüleyman Sami Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 573 kuruş
- Kütahya31 other officialsAhmet Efendi 11 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)72 other officialsOsman Nuri Efendi first entry in Kütahya; highest salary 520 kuruş
Education and personal record
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 141, 142
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar
MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 142, 143
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:138, s.187
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 29 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 63 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.