Mehmet Rıfat Efendi
Annual salary study and register readings
This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.
Life and register readings
The life of Mehmet Rıfat Efendi began in Tosya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Work began in Tosya in 1882/83, at about 15, on a first salary of 125 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, places Mehmet Rıfat in Tosya, the birthplace, as Nüfus kâtibi, where the entries run to 1885/86. The lists have no entry for 1886 to 1898. The last entry, for 1898/99, names Mehmet Rıfat as Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini, with no place.
The salary went from 125 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 1,260 in 1898/99, the peak, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1868/69 (AH 1285); First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
Nüfus kâtibi
125 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Piriştine as worded, no place record
1898/99 (AH 1316)
No annual entry for 1886 to 1898 (AH 1304 to 1315) before it.
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini
1,260 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 | 125 | 400 | 314 | 7% | |
| 1883/84 | 125 | 400 | 328 | 7% | |
| 1884/85 | 125 | 400 | 339 | 6% | |
| 1885/86 | 125 | 400 | 350 | 7% | |
| 1898/99 | 1,260 | 400 | 88% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
Record#
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same place, same years
Of the 11 officials with entries in Tosya in the same years, Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Hacı Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 760 kuruş
- Mehmed Hüsnü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 450 kuruş
- Osman Feyzi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Ahmed Rifat Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,425 kuruş
- Kosti Simon Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 800 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 34 officials born in Tosya, Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Refik Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Osman Hilmi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Kosti Simon Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 800 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıfat Efendi had the 30th highest salary of them.
- Hacı Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendifirst entry in Tosya; highest salary 760 kuruş
- Ali Lütfi Efendifirst entry in Sinop; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Halil Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Krujë (Akçahisar); highest salary 240 kuruş
- İsmail Vasıf Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Nüfus kâtibi | Tosya | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Nüfus kâtibi | Tosya | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Nüfus kâtibi | Tosya | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Nüfus kâtibi | Tosya | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Nüfus kâtibi (İnfisal) | Tosya | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini | Piriştine | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
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What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)