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Raif Kemal 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

The life of Raif Kemal Efendi began in Ohrid (Ohri). Every annual entry from 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 1899/1900 places Raif Kemal in the same post, Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık Emini, in Ohrid, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 250 in 1899/1900, in Ohrid, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 8,400 kuruş, 42 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317250 kuruşTahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık Emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Raif Kemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/971504504008%
1897/9815040035010%
1898/9915040060010%
1899/190025040057021%

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 Raif Kemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workOhrid (Ohri)
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık Emini
5 entries
YearSalary
1896/97150
1897/98150
1898/99150
1898/99
1899/1900250
Ohrid (Ohri)150 to 250

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ohrid (Ohri)

First work

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 7 officials with entries in Ohrid (Ohri) in the same years, Raif Kemal Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 27 officials with entries in Ohrid (Ohri)

Same birthplace

Of the 68 officials born in Ohrid (Ohri), 61 have a recorded salary; Raif Kemal Efendi had the 55th highest salary of them.

The page of Ohrid (Ohri), with the 68 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Raif Kemal Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Raif Kemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık EminiOhrid (Ohri)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık EminiOhrid (Ohri)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık EminiOhrid (Ohri)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat kâtibi ve Belediye Sandık Emini (Görevin sona ermesi)Ohrid (Ohri)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Vergi Süvari TahsildarıOhrid (Ohri)250Affiliation 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 Raif Kemal 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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