Mehmed Rifat Efendi
Born 1843/44 (AH 1259) · Bursa · Dated entries 1860 to 1905 (AH 1277 to 1322)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 39/42; 81
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed Rifat Efendi was born in Bursa in 1843/44 (AH 1259), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Haffaf. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; medrese. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Hüdâvendigâr in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Dated career entries span 1860/61 (AH 1277) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 31 AH years, beginning with Hüdâvendigâr eyaleti umur-ı tahririye kalemi; mülâzemetle and ending with entries for vekalet-i mezkûre (fahri; ilâveten). More than one post or place appears in 8 of those years. Place names include Hüdâvendigâr, Hüdâvendigar, Yenişehir and Mihalıç and 7 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 0 kuruş in 1865/66 (AH 1282) to 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1878/79 (AH 1296). [1]
Life and career
Follow 25 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 25 · Bursa
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.
18 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1843/44 (AH 1259)
Bursa
Birth
2 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Hüdâvendigâr
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr
First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Hüdâvendigâr eyaleti umur-ı tahririye kalemi; mülâzemetle
Calculated age 18
3 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
4 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1281, 1282. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Hüdâvendigar
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigar
6 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Hüdâvendigar / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigar; Location not recorded
7 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 3 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
8 1872/73 (AH 1289) · 2 recorded years
Yenişehir
AH entries: 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
9 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Yenişehir / Mihalıç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir; Mihalıç
10 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Mihalıç
Not yet located on the map: Mihalıç
11 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Mihalıç / Erdek
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihalıç
12 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
13 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years
Mihalıç
AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihalıç
14 15 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Mudanya / Mihalıç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihalıç
16 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Mihalıç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mihalıç
17 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Gemlik
18 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Seyidgazi
Not yet located on the map: Seyidgazi
19 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Seyidgazi / Atranos
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Seyidgazi; Atranos
20 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Atranos
Not yet located on the map: Atranos
21 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Atranos / Mustafakemalpaşa (Kirmasti) / Mihalıç
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Atranos; Mihalıç
22 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Simav
23 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
24 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
25 1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
vekalet-i mezkûre (fahri; ilâveten)
Calculated age 62
vekalet-i mezkûre (fahri; ilâveten)
Calculated age 63
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- mezkûre vergi kalemi; mülâzemetle (mülâzemet süresi: bir müddet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 208 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 19.4% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 350 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 37.3% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 40.3% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 41.0% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 350 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 38.5% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 230 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 20.9% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 230 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 22.0% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 370 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 40.3% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 370 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 39.2% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 500 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 55.0% | 1102 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 63.5% | 1328 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 300 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 28.3% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 28.2% | 1748 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 20.1% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Mihalıç300 to 500
- Atranos500
- Mudanya300
- Yenişehir230
- Hüdâvendigar208
- Seyidgazi250
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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
- Bursa301 other officialsAhmed Hasib Efendi born 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mudanya4 other officialsAhmet Rüştü Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)37 other officialsAbdullah Paşa first annual entry 1860/61 (AH 1277); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 284,285,286
39/42; 81
Read the original source accounts · 47 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 32 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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