Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908)
Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Hamidiye · Dated entries 1890 to 1909 (AH 1308 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209
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)
5 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
Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908) was born in Hamidiye in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Schooling included Enderun Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1896/97 (AH 1314) across 4 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 2,000 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,000 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Death is recorded in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 4 · Hamidiye
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1869/70 (AH 1286)
Hamidiye
Not yet located on the map: Hamidiye
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 22
3 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi)
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 26
İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi)
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi)
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 28
4 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 40
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.
- Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi (Nakil) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 93.1% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 92.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 2,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 92.1% | 2119 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)500 to 2,000
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
- Istanbul352 other officialsMehmed Said Paşa 4 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)189 other officialsİbrahim Zeki Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- Enderun Mektebi [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
- First-salary field
- 500 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
- 1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)
AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 116
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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