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Mehmet Rıza Bey

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

The life of Mehmet Rıza Bey began in Kars; the father's occupation was "Binbaşı (askerî)". Work began in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Mehmet Rıza as Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1878 to 400 in 1879/80, the peak, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 21,000 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.

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. Dördüncü Ordu-yı Hümâyun as worded, no place record

    1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)

    Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı

    40 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Mâmûratülaziz Vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    No annual entry for 1882/83 (AH 1300) before it.

    Aşar Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

    350 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 entry01002003004001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301400 kuruşRedif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This officialMedian, all officials

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 Rıza Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
18781004503%
1878/791004003%
1879/8040040044%
1880/8140040046%
1881/8240040046%
1883/8435040041%

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 Rıza Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First work
1877 to 1882AH 1294 to 1299Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı
17 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878
1878
1878
1878
1878100
1878/79100
1878/79
1878/79
1879/80
1879/8040
1879/80400
1880/81400
1881/82400
1881/82
1881/8240
1881/82240
240
No annual entry: 1882/83 (AH 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Aşar Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibi350

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kars
Father's occupation
Binbaşı (askerî)

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 birthplace

Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Bey had the 68th highest salary of them.

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Bey had the 107th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Rıza Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımıDördüncü Ordu-yı HümâyunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878AH 1295Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımıDördüncü Ordu-yı HümâyunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878AH 1295Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)Dördüncü Ordu-yı HümâyunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878AH 1295Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıDördüncü Ordu-yı HümâyunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878AH 1295Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)Dördüncü Ordu-yı HümâyunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878AH 1295Nüfus Kalemi kâtibi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878/79AH 1296Nüfus Kalemi kâtibi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878/79AH 1296Nüfus Kalemi kâtibi (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiMâmûratülaziz VilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiMâmûratülaziz VilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiMâmûratülaziz Vilayeti40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1879/80AH 1297Fırka-i Islahiye kâtibi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1880/81AH 1298Fırka-i Islahiye kâtibi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1881/82AH 1299Fırka-i Islahiye kâtibi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1881/82AH 1299Fırka-i Islahiye kâtibi (Azil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1881/82AH 1299Aşar Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiMâmûratülaziz Vilayeti40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1881/82AH 1299Aşar Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiMâmûratülaziz Vilayeti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records93 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 35/231.
1883/84AH 1301Aşar Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibiMâmûratülaziz Vilayeti350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 35/231.
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 Rıza Bey 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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