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HALİL RIFAT BEY

Born 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)

Languages Turkish

Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198, s. 393

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1897/98 (AH 1315): Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrîrât Kalemi mülazımı, Shkodër (İşkodra)1901/02 (AH 1319): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 55 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 55 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 55 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 75 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 75 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 75 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 75 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi, Shkodër (İşkodra), 90 kuruşAH 1315AH 1320AH 1324
Places and reading notes
  • Shkodër (İşkodra)

7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Shkodër (İşkodra)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Shkodër (İşkodra)

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrîrât Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 17

  3. 3

    1901/02 (AH 1319) · 6 recorded years

    Shkodër (İşkodra)

    AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      55 kuruşCalculated age 21

    2. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      55 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    3. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      55 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    4. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      75 kuruşCalculated age 23

    5. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      75 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    6. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      75 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    7. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      75 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    8. Vilayet Mektûbî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      90 kuruşCalculated age 26

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
045901901/02AH 13191904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241901/02 (AH 1319) · 55 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 55 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 55 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 75 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 75 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 75 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 75 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 90 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1901 to 1907 (AH 1319 to 1324)
  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling İşkodra İbtidâî Mektebi; İşkodra Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Father’s occupation
İşkodra Vilayeti Mektûbî Kalemi mümeyyizi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198, s. 393 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
İşkodra İbtidâî Mektebi; İşkodra Rüşdiye Mektebi [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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İşkodra [source]
First work year
1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]
Apprenticeship
4.0833 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 153, 154

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198; 257 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 117/198, s. 393.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated years

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