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Mahmut 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

Born in Ürgüp, Mahmut Refik Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Ürgüp in 1904/05 (AH 1322). The annual lists begin in 1904/05, with Mahmut Refik as Telgrafhane mülazımı in Ürgüp, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1906/07. In 1907/08 the lists place Mahmut Refik in Kayseri.

The one salary in the lists is 150 kuruş a month, for 1907/08, when one in ten paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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.

All 2 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1907/0812ÜrgüpKayseri
  1. Ürgüp

    First work 1904/05 (AH 1322); 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)

    Telgrafhane mülazımı

    entries in 3 years

  2. Kayseri

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuru

    150 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
0501001501904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325150 kuruşTelgrafhane mülazımıTelgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuru

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 Mahmut Refik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workÜrgüp
1904 to 1907AH 1322 to 1324Telgrafhane mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
Ürgüp
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuruKayseri150

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Place
Ürgüp

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 6 officials with entries in Ürgüp in the same years, Mahmut Refik Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 50 officials with entries in Ürgüp

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Refik Efendi had the 101st highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Refik Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmut Refik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Telgrafhane mülazımıÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00149/00144. 102
1905/06AH 1323Telgrafhane mülazımıÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00149/00144. 102
1906/07AH 1324Telgrafhane mülazımıÜrgüpAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00149/00144. 102
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuruKayseri150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00149/00144.
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 Mahmut 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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