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Mehmet Refik 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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru refakatinde stajyerSivas
  2. Undated entriesTelgraf merkezi muhabere stajyeri · 5 career entriesSivas · 150; 200; 250; 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Alay kâtibi [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00068, s.167 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas Rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [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 291, 292

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