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Mehmet Refik Efendi

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 Refik Efendi was born in Kemah. Work began in 1874/75 (AH 1291), on a first salary of 750 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1874/75, with Mehmet Refik as Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuru and no place named. Next came Erzurum in 1875/76. The lists have no entry for 1876 to 1881. The last entries, from 1881 to 1890, name Mehmet Refik as a tithe official (Aşar Memuru), with no place. For 1882 to 1885 the lists have no entry. The lists have no entry for 1886 to 1889.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 750 kuruş a month in 1874/75, when 70 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Meşi kazası as worded, no place record

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuru

    750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Erzurum

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    telgraf muhabere memuru

    entries in 1 year

  3. Sok kazası as worded, no place record

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    No annual entry for 1876 to 1881 (AH 1293 to 1298) before it.

    Aşar Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302) before it.

    rüsumat memuru (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  5. Kocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi as worded, no place record

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306) before it.

    Rüsumat Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006008001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307750 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mehmet Refik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7575045070%
1881/8230040060028%
1889/9030040030029%

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.

Career of Mehmet Refik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First work750first-salary field
1874/75AH 1291Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuru750
1875/76AH 1292telgraf muhabere memuruErzurum
No annual entry: 1876 to 1881 (AH 1293 to 1298)
1881/82AH 1299Aşar Memuru300
No annual entry: 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
1885/86AH 1303rüsumat memuru (İnfisal)
No annual entry: 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat Memuru300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 8 officials with entries in Erzurum in the same years, Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 146 officials with entries in Erzurum

Same job title, same years

Of the 13 officials with the title Aşar Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 73 officials with the title Aşar Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Refik Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Refik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Ağnam rüsumatı tahsilat memuruMeşi kazası750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292telgraf muhabere memuruErzurumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Aşar MemuruSok kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303rüsumat memuru (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat MemuruKocaeli Rüsumat Dairesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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.
Recorded values of Mehmet Refik Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
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.

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