Mehmet Refik Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Kemah · Dated entries 1874 to 1890 (AH 1291 to 1307)
Languages Turkish
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
- Meşi kazası
- Erzurum
- Sok kazası
- Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi
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 Refik Efendi was born in Kemah. Schooling included Kemah mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Meşi kazası, Maraş Sancağı in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Service included Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuru in Meşi kazası (1874/75 (AH 1291)). Later posts included telgraf muhabere memuru in Erzurum (1875/76 (AH 1292)), Aşar Memuru in Sok kazası (1881/82 (AH 1299)) and Rüsumat Memuru in Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi (1889/90 (AH 1307)). [1]
Monthly pay went from 750 kuruş in 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 300 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 750 kuruş in 1874/75 (AH 1291). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Meşi kazası, Maraş Sancağı / Meşi kazası
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Meşi kazası, Maraş Sancağı / Meşi kazası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Meşi kazası, Maraş Sancağı; Meşi kazası
Meşi kazası, Maraş Sancağı
First work as recorded
Meşi kazası
Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuru
750 kuruş
2 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Erzurum
3 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Sok kazası
Not yet located on the map: Sok kazası
Aşar Memuru
300 kuruş
4 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
rüsumat memuru (İnfisal)
Recorded service ending
5 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi
Not yet located on the map: Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi
Rüsumat Memuru
300 kuruş
3 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.
- Memur · Saray Ordu-yu Hümayun · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Rüsumat Memuru · Undated · 150 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Kemah · Year not recorded
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.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 750 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 70.5% | 882 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1489 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 300 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1874 |
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- Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi300
- Meşi kazası750
- Sok kazası300
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
- Kemah68 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 1,445 kuruş
- Erzurum7 other officialsAhmed Muhtar Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 75,000 kuruş
- 1874/75 (AH 1291)151 other officialsMahmud Bayram Efendi first annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 169 kuruş
Education and personal record
Sources and evidence
- Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları
YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 49, 50
Read the original source accounts · 7 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 5 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.