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Rıfat 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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Aşar kolcusu · 5 career entriesMenmiş · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Aşar kolcusu

      Menmiş · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Aşar kolcusu (İnfisal)

      Menmiş · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Düyun-ı Umumiye baş üzüm mübassırı (İnfisal)

      Menmiş · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Aşar çarşı muharriri

      Menmiş · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Aşar çarşı muharriri · 4 career entriesMenmiş · 250 kuruş

    1. Aşar çarşı muharriri

      Menmiş · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar çarşı muharriri (İnfisal)

      Menmiş · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Dördüncü kol merkez muharriri

      Menmiş · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Dördüncü kol merkez muharriri (İstifa)

      Menmiş · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Nahiye katibi · 3 career entriesBaşvarnik · Çemişgezek · 150 kuruş

    1. Nahiye katibi

      Başvarnik · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Nahiye katibi (İnfisal)

      Başvarnik · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Tetkik-i bekaya katibi · 2 career entriesÇemişgezek

    1. Tetkik-i bekaya katibi

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tetkik-i bekaya katibi (İnfisal)

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  5. 1908/09 (AH 1326)On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşuIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş
  6. 1909/10 (AH 1327)On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300; 400; 500 kuruş

    1. On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu (Nakil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesTahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesMenmiş · Çemişgezek

    2. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001900/01AH 13181909/10AH 13271900/01 (AH 1318) · Aşar kolcusu · Menmiş · age 21 · 300 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Aşar çarşı muharriri · Menmiş · age 21 · 250 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Aşar çarşı muharriri · Menmiş · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Dördüncü kol merkez muharriri · Menmiş · age 22 · 250 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Nahiye katibi · Başvarnik · age 23 · 150 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 300 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi çavuşu · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 400 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · On dokuzuncu belediye dairesi muhasebe kalemi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çemişgezek [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Father’s occupation
Çemişgezek kaza idare meclisi azası [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİDd_____00183_00061 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname; banka muamelatına vukuf [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahallî ibtidai ve 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

First work place
Menmiş [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5833333333333334 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 370, 371, 372

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