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Mehmed 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)muhâsebe kalemine mülâzemetHüdâvendigâr

    1. muhâsebe kalemine mülâzemet

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)ta’dad-ı ağnam kitâbeti · 3 career entriesPazarköy nahiyesi · İznik nahiyesi · 400 kuruş

    1. ta’dad-ı ağnam kitâbeti

      Pazarköy nahiyesi · Calculated age 19 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      Pazarköy nahiyesi · Calculated age 19

      [1]

    3. aşar kitâbeti

      İznik nahiyesi · Calculated age 19 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)aşar kitâbetiİznik nahiyesi · 400 kuruş

    1. aşar kitâbeti

      İznik nahiyesi · Calculated age 20 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)aşar kitâbeti · 2 career entriesİznik nahiyesi · Domaniç nahiyesi · 400 kuruş

    1. aşar kitâbeti

      İznik nahiyesi · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      Domaniç nahiyesi · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Infisal · 3 career entriesİznik nahiyesi · Mihaliç kazası · 190 kuruş

    1. Infisal

      İznik nahiyesi · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      Mihaliç kazası · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    3. kadim müzâyede kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 22 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)harir yevmiye anbar kitâbeti refakati · 300 kuruş

    1. harir yevmiye anbar kitâbeti refakati

      · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1882/83 (AH 1300)muvafakat müzâyede kitâbeti · 2 career entries · 190; 300 kuruş

    1. muvafakat müzâyede kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 25 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

    2. defâ harir yevmiye anbar kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)duhan mukayyidi vekaleti · 3 career entries · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. duhan mukayyidi vekaleti

      · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

    3. muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti · 400 kuruş

    1. muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1885/86 (AH 1303)muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti · 3 career entriesErtuğrul sancağı · 400 kuruş

    1. muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

    3. muhâsebe kalemi masarif kitâbeti

      Ertuğrul sancağı · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  11. 1891/92 (AH 1309)mal müdürlüğüSöğüd kazası · 600 kuruş

    1. mal müdürlüğü

      Söğüd kazası · Calculated age 34 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesaşar kitâbeti · 3 career entriesDomaniç nahiyesi · Mihaliç kazası · Söğüd kazası · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. aşar kitâbeti

      Domaniç nahiyesi · Calculated age 19 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. emanet aşar kitabeti

      Mihaliç kazası · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. mal müdürlüğü

      Söğüd kazası · Calculated age 35 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001877/78AH 12941891/92AH 13091877/78 (AH 1294) · ta’dad-ı ağnam kitâbeti · Pazarköy nahiyesi · age 19 · 400 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · aşar kitâbeti · İznik nahiyesi · age 19 · 400 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · aşar kitâbeti · İznik nahiyesi · age 20 · 400 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · aşar kitâbeti · İznik nahiyesi · age 21 · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · kadim müzâyede kitâbeti · age 22 · 190 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · harir yevmiye anbar kitâbeti refakati · age 24 · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · muvafakat müzâyede kitâbeti · age 25 · 190 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · defâ harir yevmiye anbar kitâbeti · age 25 · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · duhan mukayyidi vekaleti · age 26 · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti · age 26 · 400 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti · age 27 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · muratıb müzayede reji Ziraat kalemi kitâbeti · age 28 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · muhâsebe kalemi masarif kitâbeti · Ertuğrul sancağı · age 28 · 400 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · mal müdürlüğü · Söğüd kazası · age 34 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]nefs-i Bursa [1]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
100/90; 177 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Rüşdiye mezunu (şehadetname; sınıf üçüncüsü) [source]
Education
Bursa sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i rüşdiye [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
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hüdâvendigâr [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5833333333333334 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 212,213,214

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