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Mehmed Rıfat Bey

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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Siroz Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesSerres (Siroz) · 100 kuruş
    1. Siroz Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Serres (Siroz) · Calculated age 18

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Siroz Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkitabeti muavini · 3 career entriesSerres (Siroz) · 0; 100 kuruş
    1. Siroz Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkitabeti muavini

      Serres (Siroz) · Calculated age 19 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  3. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 20 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 21 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · 5 career entriesKars · 0; 100; 900 kuruş
    1. Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 22 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru (Nakil)

      · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 22 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Kars şehbender vekili

      Kars · Calculated age 22 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04509001894/95AH 13121898/99AH 13161894/95 (AH 1312) · Siroz Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkitabeti muavini · Serres (Siroz) · age 18 · 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Siroz Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkitabeti muavini · Serres (Siroz) · age 19 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 19 · 0 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 20 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 21 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Dahiliye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Maaş kaydı · age 22 · 100 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Kars şehbender vekili · Kars · age 22 · 900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Father’s occupation
Gelibolu jandarma binbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 11, Gömlek No. 16, 3 [1]

Education and languages

Russian
okur yazar; tahrir ve tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Askerî rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Mekteb-i Osmânî üç yıl; Siroz Mülkî İdadisi iki yıl; Askerî Rüşdiye müretteb ulûm ve fünun, şahadetname. [source]
Education
Mekteb-i Osmânî; Siroz Mülkî İdadisi; Askerî Rüşdiye [source]

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
Siroz [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.0219 [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 181, 182

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