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Mehmet Arif Efendi

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1880/81 (AH 1298)muvakkat kâtip ve sandık eminiPeliç memlehası · 200 kuruş

    1. muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini

      Peliç memlehası · Calculated age 35 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)muvakkat kâtip ve sandık eminiPeliç memlehası · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini

      Peliç memlehası · Calculated age 36 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini · 2 career entriesPeliç memlehası · 200 kuruş

    1. muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini

      Peliç memlehası · Calculated age 37 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Peliç memlehası · Calculated age 37

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)muvakkat vezne kâtibiPalas memlehası · 225 kuruş

    1. muvakkat vezne kâtibi

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 47 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)piyade kolcusu · 3 career entriesPalas memlehası · 125; 220 kuruş

    1. piyade kolcusu

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 48 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

    2. muvakkat vezin kâtibi

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 48 · 220 kuruş

      [1]

    3. muvakkat vezin kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 48

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)kantarcıPalas memlehası · 225 kuruş

    1. kantarcı

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 49 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1895/96 (AH 1313)kantarcıPalas memlehasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. kantarcı

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 50

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)kantarcıPalas memlehasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. kantarcı

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 51

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1897/98 (AH 1315)kantarcıPalas memlehası · 250 kuruş

    1. kantarcı

      Palas memlehası · Calculated age 52 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1898/99 (AH 1316)sandık eminiSivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye · 400 kuruş

    1. sandık emini

      Sivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye · Calculated age 53 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

02004001880/81AH 12981898/99AH 13161880/81 (AH 1298) · muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini · Peliç memlehası · age 35 · 200 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini · Peliç memlehası · age 36 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · muvakkat kâtip ve sandık emini · Peliç memlehası · age 37 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · muvakkat vezne kâtibi · Palas memlehası · age 47 · 225 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · piyade kolcusu · Palas memlehası · age 48 · 125 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · muvakkat vezin kâtibi · Palas memlehası · age 48 · 220 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · kantarcı · Palas memlehası · age 49 · 225 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · kantarcı · Palas memlehası · age 52 · 250 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · sandık emini · Sivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye · age 53 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122, s.133 [1]

Education and languages

Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
35 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Peliç memlehası [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 238

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