Rıfat Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1875 to 1884 (AH 1292 to 1301)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.37, s.69
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Preveza (Preveze)
- Ioannina (Yanya)
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The father’s occupation was çiftçi. Schooling included sıbyan mektebi; telgraf mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Dated career entries span 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1883/84 (AH 1301) across 6 AH years, beginning with telgraf mektebi öğrencisi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Preveza (Preveze) and Ioannina (Yanya). [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 400 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1880/81 (AH 1298). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · 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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
telgraf mektebi öğrencisi
Calculated age 19
3 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 24
Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru
50 kuruşCalculated age 24
Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru (Azil)
Calculated age 24
Recorded service ending
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 24
4 1880/81 (AH 1298) · 3 recorded years
Preveza (Preveze)
AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.
merkez telgraf muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 25
merkez telgraf muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
merkez telgraf muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
5 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Preveza (Preveze) / Ioannina (Yanya)
Within-year entry order unresolved
merkez telgraf muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
merkez telgraf muhabere memuru (Nakil)
Calculated age 28
Recorded service ending
telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
380 kuruşCalculated age 28
telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- merkez telgraf muhabere memuru · Karaburun · Undated · 500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 50 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 1.6% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 400 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 47.0% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 46.6% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 400 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 46.1% | 1720 |
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- Ioannina (Yanya)380 to 400
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 officialsAbdullah Şefik Efendi born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Preveza (Preveze)4 other officialsMehmet Kani Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)161 other officialsMehmet Şükrü Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- sıbyan mektebi; telgraf mektebi [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First-salary field
- 50 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)
AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 156, 157
109 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.37, s.69
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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