Mehmed Rıfat Efendi

Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Antalya · Dated entries 1869 to 1911 (AH 1286 to 1328)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. 49/217

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Rıfat Efendi was born in Antalya in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Antalya Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Teke in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1887/88 (AH 1305) across 20 AH years, beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi. More than one post or place appears in 7 of those years. Place names include Teke, Antalya, Kaş and Manavgat ve Düşenbe and 1 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 100 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 675 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 675 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Antalya · 1850/51 (AH 1267)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Tüccar^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi; Antalya Rüşdiye Mektebi^[source]
First work: 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Teke^[source]
Age at first work: 19^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 100 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

21
Dated AH years: 5
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 21
Salary years: 100 → 675
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 675
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 59.0%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1910/11 (AH 1328); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1910/11 (AH 1328).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 8 · Antalya

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1
1850/51 (AH 1267)
Antalya
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Teke
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 19
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
  100 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1870/71 (AH 1287) · 4 recorded years
Teke
AH entries: 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke
1. Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
  100 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli
  190 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1874/75 (AH 1291) · 2 recorded years
Teke / Antalya
AH entries: 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke
1. Teke
  Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli
  190 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Teke
  Tahrir-i emlak komisyonu başkâtibi
  475 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1876/77 (AH 1293) · 11 recorded years
Teke
AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke
1. Tahrir-i emlak komisyonu başkâtibi
  475 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 12 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Teke / Kaş
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke; Kaş
1. Teke
  Vergi memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kaş
  Aşar ihale memuru (ek görev) (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 37
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Teke / Manavgat ve Düşenbe / Alaiyye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Teke; Manavgat ve Düşenbe; Alaiyye
1. Teke
  Vergi memuru
  600 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Alaiyye
  Aşar memuru (ek görev) (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 38
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1910/11 (AH 1328)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Mazuliyet
  675 kuruşCalculated age 61
  Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Azil · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Mazuliyet · Undated · 520 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

Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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

Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1869/70 (AH 1286)	100	400	150 to 2,250	5.9%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	100	400	150 to 2,000	5.1%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	200	420.5	125 to 2,375	16.2%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	380	450	140 to 2,350	40.3%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	190	405	130 to 2,200	15.2%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	300	450	150 to 1,800	30.2%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	475	450	150 to 2,000	51.8%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	475	420	150 to 2,000	52.5%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	475	450	150 to 1,800	52.1%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	475	450	150 to 2,000	51.7%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	475	400	150 to 2,000	53.6%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	475	400	180 to 1,800	55.5%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	600	400	160 to 1,500	68.2%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	600	400	150 to 1,500	67.9%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	600	400	150 to 1,400	67.4%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	600	400	150 to 1,400	68.1%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	600	400	150 to 1,500	67.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)	600	400	150 to 1,500	64.2%	1762
1910/11 (AH 1328)	675	500	200 to 2,000	59.0%	732

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Teke20
1869 to 1888 (AH 1286 to 1305)
Antalya2
1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)
Alaiyye1
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Kaş1
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Manavgat ve Düşenbe1
1887/88 (AH 1305)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Teke100 to 600
Antalya300

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 title

Vergi memuru8
1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)
Tahrir-i emlak komisyonu başkâtibi7
1875 to 1881 (AH 1292 to 1298)
Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli4
1871 to 1875 (AH 1288 to 1291)
Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi3
1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)
Aşar ihale memuru (ek görev)2
1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
Vukuat kâtibi2
1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)

The 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

Antalya242 other officialsMEHMET RIFAT EFENDĠ born 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 600 kuruş
Antalya12 other officialsSALĠH EFENDĠ 2 shared years; highest salary 1,215 kuruş
1869/70 (AH 1286)133 other officialsAhmed Cevad Paşa first annual entry 1869/70 (AH 1286); highest salary 85,000 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi^[1]

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Antalya Rüşdiye Mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

1879-1909 tarihli Sicil-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Antalya doğumlu memurlar
OZAN CAN AKPINAR · 2017 · Pages 235, 236, 237
925 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 49/217.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years

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The life

Life and career

Birth

First work as recorded

Aşar ihale memuru (ek görev) (Görevin sona ermesi)

Aşar memuru (ek görev) (Görevin sona ermesi)

Mazuliyet