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Ahmet Refik Efendi

Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Kütahya · Career evidence 1896 to 1911 (AH 1314 to 1329)

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Kütahya
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 3 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Kütahya

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Place not recorded

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Askerlik, başçavuş

      Calculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 9 recorded years

    Kütahya

    AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı

      Calculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Evkaf İdaresi tahsildarı (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Evkaf kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Evkaf kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Evkaf kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Evkaf kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

2 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001909/10AH 13271911AH 13291909/10 (AH 1327) · 300 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · 300 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · 300 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · 400 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1903 to 1911 (AH 1321 to 1329)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Kütahya300 to 400

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 title
  1. 1903 to 1910 (AH 1321 to 1327)
  2. 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
  3. 1896/97 (AH 1314)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya[source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293)[source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377.[1]BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded[source]Rüştiye: Aliyyül Ala; İdadi: Ala dereceli şehadetname[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Kütahya Rüştiyesi ve İdadisi[source]
Education level equivalent
9[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Kütahya[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 65, 66

    BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377.; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:175, s.377

Read the original source accounts · 14 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated years

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