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Mehmed Rauf Bey

Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Heraklion (Kandiye) · Dated entries 1859 to 1895 (AH 1276 to 1312)

Languages Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA SAD 2/750

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

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1Heraklion (Kandiye)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 13 · Heraklion (Kandiye)

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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.

11 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1845/46 (AH 1262)

    Heraklion (Kandiye)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1859/60 (AH 1276)

    Kandiye Sancağı Meclis Kalemi / Kandiye Sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kandiye Sancağı Meclis Kalemi; Kandiye Sancağı

    1. Kandiye Sancağı Meclis Kalemi

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 14

    2. Kandiye Sancağı

      Meclis Kalemi çırağı

      Calculated age 14

  3. 3

    1860/61 (AH 1277) · 5 recorded years

    Kandiye Sancağı

    AH entries: 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kandiye Sancağı

    1. Meclis Kalemi çırağı

      Calculated age 15

      Continuing service as described

    2. Rüsumat katibi

      Calculated age 19

    All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1866/67 (AH 1283) · 2 recorded years

    Kandiye Sancağı

    AH entries: 1283, 1284. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kandiye Sancağı

    1. Duhan ve müskirat memuru (ilaveten)

      Calculated age 21

    2. Evkaf müdürü

      Calculated age 22

  5. 5

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Girid Vilayeti

    Not yet located on the map: Girid Vilayeti

    1. Evkaf müdürü

      Calculated age 23

  6. 6

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Resmo Sancağı

    Not yet located on the map: Resmo Sancağı

    1. Meclis-i Temyiz reisi

      Calculated age 27

  7. 7

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Resmo Sancağı / Kenoryo Kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Resmo Sancağı; Kenoryo Kazası

    1. Resmo Sancağı

      Tahrirat müdürü

      Calculated age 28

    2. Kenoryo Kazası

      Kaymakam

      Calculated age 28

  8. 8

    1874/75 (AH 1291) · 2 recorded years

    Kenoryo Kazası

    AH entries: 1291, 1292. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kenoryo Kazası

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

  9. 9

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Kenoryo Kazası / Place not recorded / Girid

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kenoryo Kazası; Location not recorded; Girid

    1. Kenoryo Kazası

      Kaymakam

      Calculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Girid

      Maarif, ıslahhane, eytam, polis ve iane-i cihadiye komisyonları azası (fahri)

      Calculated age 31

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Heraklion (Kandiye) / Laşid Sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Laşid Sancağı

    1. Heraklion (Kandiye)

      Banka şubesi müdürü

      Calculated age 33

    2. Laşid Sancağı

      Meclis-i Temyiz reisi

      Calculated age 33

  11. 11

    1881/82 (AH 1299) · 3 recorded years

    Kanmenos Kazası

    AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kanmenos Kazası

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 37

    2. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Kanmenos Kazası / Leryos Kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kanmenos Kazası; Leryos Kazası

    1. Kanmenos Kazası

      Kaymakam

      Calculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

    2. Leryos Kazası

      Kaymakam

      Calculated age 40

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Mazuliyet maaşı tahsisi (Tekaüt)

      Calculated age 50

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.

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Current collection salary comparison

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Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Kandiye Sancağı8
    1859 to 1868 (AH 1276 to 1284)
  2. Kanmenos Kazası4
    1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
  3. Kenoryo Kazası4
    1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293)
  4. Resmo Sancağı2
    1872 to 1874 (AH 1289 to 1290)
  5. Girid1
    1876/77 (AH 1293)
  6. Girid Vilayeti1
    1868/69 (AH 1285)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1873 to 1885 (AH 1290 to 1302)
  2. 1859 to 1865 (AH 1276 to 1281)
  3. 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)
  4. 1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1295)
  5. 1878 (AH 1295)
  6. 1866/67 (AH 1283)

The 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

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; özel hocalardan ders [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Rum (as recorded) · Tekellüm [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 53

    181 1310 Cemâziye'l-evvelinin ilk günü rütbe-i sâniye sınıf-ı sânisi tevcih buyurulmuştur. (BOA SAD 2/750) 46

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 29 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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