Mehmet Arif Efendi
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 4_264; 522
Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1246 (1830–1831). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1260 (1844–1845), 14 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Tercume Odasi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 6 distinct AH years in AH 1271–1279 (1854–1863), with gaps; it begins with baskitabet in Istanbul (2,000 kuruş monthly). PT Nazir muavini appears later, in AH 1279 (1862–1863), with 7,500 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: asina; French: asina; Persian: asina.
Recorded preparation
- Birth
- AH 1246 (1830–1831); dersaadet
- School / programme
- sibyan mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 4 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship duration
- 3 source-recorded years
- Qualification field (recorded code)
- 1
- Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Tersane kaptani
- Religion wording
- musluman
- Nationality wording
- turkish
Recorded language terms
- Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
- Arabic: asina
- French: asina
- Persian: asina
First-work fields
- Recorded year
- AH 1260 (1844–1845)
- Place
- istanbul
- First-salary field
- 100 kuruş
- Recorded first-job wording
- Tercume Odasi
First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.
Honours, rank and legal records
Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.
Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.
- Rütbe
- 0
- Mecidi nişanı
- 0
- Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
- 0
- Madalya
- 0
- Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
- 0
- Annual legal indicator · original codes
- 0
- Personnel legal field · original codes
- 0
- Additional annual legal field · original codes
- 0
Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes, codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.
Annual chronology
6 annual entries in 6 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.
| AH year (Gregorian) | Source G year | Recorded title | Locality / province | Monthly kuruş |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH 1271 (1854–1855) | Not recorded | baskitabet | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 2,000 |
| AH 1272 (1855–1856) | Not recorded | baskitabet | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 2,000 |
| AH 1273 (1856–1857) | Not recorded | baskitabet | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 2,000 |
| AH 1274 (1857–1858) | Not recorded | baskitabet | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 2,000 |
| AH 1278 (1861–1862) | 1861 | pt telgraf mudur muavini | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 2,500 |
| AH 1279 (1862–1863) | 1862 | pt nazir muavini | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 7,500 |