Mehmed Rıfat Efendi
Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Antakya · Dated entries 1875 to 1901 (AH 1292 to 1318)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Rıfat Efendi was born in Antakya in 1855/56 (AH 1272), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan; Rüştiye. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Antakya Mal Kalemi in 1875/76 (AH 1292). Dated career entries span 1875/76 (AH 1292) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 11 AH years, from Antakya Mal Kalemi to Saimbeyli (Haçin), beginning with stajyer. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Antakya Mal Kalemi, Antakya Reji İdaresi, Antakya and Kilis and 3 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303) to 116 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 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 8 · Antakya
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1855/56 (AH 1272)
Antakya
Birth
2 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Antakya Mal Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Antakya Mal Kalemi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
stajyer
Calculated age 20
3 1885/86 (AH 1303) · 4 recorded years
Antakya Reji İdaresi
AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Antakya Reji İdaresi
Reji ambar memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 31
Reji ambar memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
4 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Antakya Reji İdaresi / Antakya
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Antakya Reji İdaresi
Antakya Reji İdaresi
Reji ambar memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Düyun-ı Umumiye ikinci kâtibi
200 kuruşCalculated age 35
5 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 2 recorded years
Kilis
AH entries: 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili
200 kuruşCalculated age 37
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru (İnfisal)
Calculated age 38
Recorded service ending
6 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Payas
Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru
350 kuruşCalculated age 39
7 Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili
Calculated age 40
Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 40
Recorded service ending
8 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Saimbeyli (Haçin) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili
Calculated age 46
Place not recorded
başka hizmet (belirtilmemiş)
116 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.
- Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru (Nakil) · Payas · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez müdüriyeti memuru · Adana · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 28.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 38.9% | 1929 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 116 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 7.2% | 1761 |
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 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
- Antakya77 other officialsHakkı Efendi born 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Kilis9 other officialsAbdullah Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 2,640 kuruş
- 1875/76 (AH 1292)161 other officialsArtin Fikri Efendi first annual entry 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909
NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 198, 199
Read the original source accounts · 22 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 20 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.