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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)Aşar kalemi mülazımı; aşar kol memurluğu gibi geçici hizmetlerTerkos nahiyesi
  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Düyun-ı umumiye memuruIstranca · 250 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı umumiye memuru

      Istranca · Calculated age 40 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)Terkos nahiyesi

    1. Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)

      Terkos nahiyesi · Calculated age 48

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)Terkos nahiyesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)

      Terkos nahiyesi · Calculated age 49

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)Terkos nahiyesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)

      Terkos nahiyesi · Calculated age 50

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib) · 3 career entriesTerkos nahiyesi · Istranca · 450 kuruş

    1. Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib)

      Terkos nahiyesi · Calculated age 51

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Niyabet-i şeriyye (naib) (İstifa)

      Terkos nahiyesi · Calculated age 51

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu

      Istranca · Calculated age 51 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu (iade)Istranca

    1. Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu (iade)

      Istranca · Calculated age 56

      [1]

  8. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tezkere muharriri

    1. Tezkere muharriri

      · Calculated age 57

      [1]

  9. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Tezkere muharriri · 2 career entries

    1. Tezkere muharriri

      · Calculated age 58

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 58

      [1]

  10. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Vakıf ormanları süvari memuru · 500 kuruş

    1. Vakıf ormanları süvari memuru

      · Calculated age 61 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001884/85AH 13021905/06AH 13231884/85 (AH 1302) · Düyun-ı umumiye memuru · Istranca · age 40 · 250 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Vakıf ormanları süvari kolcusu · Istranca · age 51 · 450 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Vakıf ormanları süvari memuru · age 61 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Topçu karyesi [source]
Birth year
1845/46 (AH 1262) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/285 [1]

Education and languages

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
36 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Terkos nahiyesi [source]
First work year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 49, 50

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