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Mustafa 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. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Hukuk Dairesi mülazımıBeyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Hukuk Dairesi mülazımı

      Beyoğlu, İstanbul · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Mahkeme mülazemetinin tamamlanması (Görevin sona ermesi) · 2 career entriesPreveza (Preveze) · 1,200 kuruş
  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · 2 career entriesPreveza (Preveze) · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini

      Preveza (Preveze) · Calculated age 29 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  4. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muaviniSerefbiçe · 1,260 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini

      Serefbiçe · Calculated age 30 · 1,260 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muaviniSerefbiçe · 1,260 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini

      Serefbiçe · Calculated age 31 · 1,260 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muaviniSerefbiçe · 1,260 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini

      Serefbiçe · Calculated age 32 · 1,260 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · 2 career entriesSerefbiçe · Kırıkkilise · 1,260; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini

      Serefbiçe · Calculated age 33 · 1,260 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi

      Kırıkkilise · Calculated age 33 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Nakil

    1. Nakil

      · Calculated age 37

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesİstinaf Mahkemesi Cünha Dairesi mülazımı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Kırıkkilise · 2,000 kuruş

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi

      Kırıkkilise · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001899/1900AH 13171904/05AH 13221899/1900 (AH 1317) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Preveza (Preveze) · age 28 · 1,200 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Preveza (Preveze) · age 29 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Serefbiçe · age 30 · 1,260 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Serefbiçe · age 31 · 1,260 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Serefbiçe · age 32 · 1,260 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müdde-i umumi muavini · Serefbiçe · age 33 · 1,260 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi · Kırıkkilise · age 33 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Selanik [source]
Birth province
Selanik [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİDd, 93-297 [1]CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 93-297 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
bir dereceye kadar tekellüm ve kitabet [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye, idadi ve hukuk mezuniyeti: aliyyü'l-a‘lâ [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Selanik ibtidai mektepleri; Rüştiye; Mülki İdadi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane [source]
Education level equivalent
14 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1898/99 (AH 1316) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [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 ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri

    BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 118, 119, 120

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