Mehmed Rauf Efendi
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Dated entries 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.833
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
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
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
Mehmed Rauf Efendi was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Schooling included Bağdad Hamidiye İbtidai Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Service included Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi in Baghdad (Bağdat) (1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)). Later posts included Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu ikinci kâtibi in Baghdad (Bağdat) (1890/91 (AH 1308)). Baghdad (Bağdat) appears most often, across 4 dated years. [1]
Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 250 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308). [1]
Life and career
Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 4 · Baghdad (Bağdat)
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.
1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi
80 kuruşCalculated age 15
3 1888/89 (AH 1306) · 3 recorded years
Baghdad (Bağdat)
AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi
80 kuruşCalculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi
80 kuruşCalculated age 17
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi
100 kuruşCalculated age 17
Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu ikinci kâtibi
250 kuruşCalculated age 18
4 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstifa
Calculated age 19
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.
- Meclis-i idare kâtibi · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Undated · 273 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hille Vekâleti tahrirat kâtibi · Hillah (Hille) · Undated · 400 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 80 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 4.0% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 80 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 4.2% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 100 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 5.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
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- Baghdad (Bağdat)80 to 250
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
- Baghdad (Bağdat)25 other officialsCemil Kemal Efendi born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 75 kuruş
- Baghdad (Bağdat)28 other officialsHafız Mehmed Rüştü Efendi 4 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsAbdülaziz Efendi first entry in Baghdad (Bağdat); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Persian
- Aşina [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Bağdad Hamidiye İbtidai Mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First-salary field
- 80 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
- 1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Sources and evidence
- 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar
ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 77, 78
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.833
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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