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Mehmed Rauf 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

Mehmed Rauf Efendi was born in Fuzuli in 1873/74 (AH 1290). At about 25, in 1898/99, Mehmed Rauf began work, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Mehmed Rauf as Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muavini, with no place.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 1,200 in 1907/08, the peak, when 83 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 88,800 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251,200 kuruşTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muavini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officials

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
Salary of Mehmed Rauf Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9950040055%
1899/190050040055%
1900/0150040055%
1901/0250040054%
1902/0360040067%
1903/0460040567%
1904/051,00040081%
1905/061,00043080%
1906/071,00045078%
1907/081,20046083%

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.

Career of Mehmed Rauf Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work500first-salary field
1898 to 1908AH 1316 to 1325Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muavini
13 entries
YearSalary
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
1902/03500
1902/03600
1903/04600
1904/05600
1904/051,000
1905/061,000
1906/071,000
1907/081,000
1907/081,200
500 to 1,200

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Fuzuli

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rauf Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Rauf Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1899/1900AH 1317Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1900/01AH 1318Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1901/02AH 1319Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1902/03AH 1320Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1902/03AH 1320Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1903/04AH 1321Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1904/05AH 1322Tepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun Şubesi memur muaviniTepecik Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1904/05AH 1322Mihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun İdaresi ziraat memuruMihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1905/06AH 1323Mihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun İdaresi ziraat memuruMihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1906/07AH 1324Mihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun İdaresi ziraat memuruMihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1907/08AH 1325Mihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun İdaresi ziraat memuruMihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
1907/08AH 1325Mihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun İdaresi ziraat memuruMihaliç Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1083
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.
Recorded values of Mehmed Rauf Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
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.

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