İsa Rıfat Efendi
Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1895 to 1909 (AH 1313 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/61; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/61, s. 119
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İsa Rıfat Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The father’s occupation was Bakkal. Schooling included İşkodra Sıbyan Mektebi; İşkodra Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). Dated career entries span 1895/96 (AH 1313) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 14 AH years, from Shkodër (İşkodra) to Shkodër (İşkodra), beginning with Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Liva mukayyit refakati. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Shkodër (İşkodra). [1]
Monthly pay went from 40 kuruş in 1899/1900 (AH 1317) to 140 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 140 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 3 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 19
3 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 13 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Liva mukayyit refakati
140 kuruşCalculated age 32
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.
- Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Dil beyanı · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 40 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 1.7% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 40 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 1.7% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 40 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 1.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 40 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.7% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 40 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 2.2% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 40 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 1.9% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 40 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 1.9% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 40 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 1.8% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 100 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 5.0% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 140 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 7.3% | 1232 |
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- Shkodër (İşkodra)40 to 140
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
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsAlfred Yunani Efendi born 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Shkodër (İşkodra)98 other officialsİBRAHİM HAKKI EFENDİ 14 shared years; highest salary 880 kuruş
- 1895/96 (AH 1313)179 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 45 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 200, 201
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/61; 300 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/61, s. 119.
Read the original source accounts · 21 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 19 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.