Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908)
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
Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908) was born in Hamidiye in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Work began in Istanbul in 1890/91, at about 21, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1890/91, to 1896/97, every annual entry places Mehmet Ragıp (1869-1908) in the same post, Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi, in Istanbul. The lists give Vefat (death) for 1908/09 instead of a title.
Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to a peak of 2,000 in 1894/95, in Istanbul, when 93 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 78,000 kuruş, 3.9 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 | 500 | 400 | 500 | 56% | |
| 1894/95 | 2,000 | 400 | 530 | 93% | |
| 1895/96 | 2,000 | 400 | 575 | 92% | |
| 1896/97 | 2,000 | 450 | 500 | 92% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500first-salary field |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
| No annual entry: 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311) | |||
| 1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314 | İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 to 1,800 |
| No annual entry: 1897 to 1908 (AH 1315 to 1325) | |||
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job) | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1869/70 (AH 1286)
- Birthplace
- Hamidiye
First work
- Year
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 353 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 332 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908) had the 73rd highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Said Paşa4 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Necmeddin Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Salih Reşid Beğ4 shared years; highest salary 18,000 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ4 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Cemil Beğ (Cemil Molla)4 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ragıp Bey (1869-1908) had the 10th highest salary of them.
- İbrahim Zeki Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- ARADEŞES (SÜRMELİYAN) EFENDİfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Ahmed Niyazi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mahmut Hamdi Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Rüsûmât Emaneti Tamirat Müdürü kâtibi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209. |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209. |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi (şimendifer gümrükleri teftişi) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | İstanbul Gümrükleri müfettişi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1,800 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209; 362 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209. |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Vefat | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 44/209 |
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 |
|---|
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)