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Mehmed 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. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Rüştiye Riyaziye Muallimi · 4 career entriesMersin · 110; 150 kuruş

    1. Rüştiye Riyaziye Muallimi

      Mersin · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    2. Rüştiye Riyaziye Muallimi (Nakil)

      Mersin · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Evkaf Kâtibi (ilaveten)

      Mersin · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    4. İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi

      Mersin · Calculated age 20 · 110 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  2. 1902/03 (AH 1320)İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim MuallimiMersin · 110; 160 kuruş

    1. İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi

      Mersin · Calculated age 21 · 110 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi

      Mersin · Calculated age 21 · 160 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0801601901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201901/02 (AH 1319) · Rüştiye Riyaziye Muallimi · Mersin · age 20 · 150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Evkaf Kâtibi (ilaveten) · Mersin · age 20 · 150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi · Mersin · age 20 · 110 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi · Mersin · age 21 · 110 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · İdadi Coğrafya ve Resim Muallimi · Mersin · age 21 · 160 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Antakya [source]
Birth year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Father’s occupation
Attar (esnaf) [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Armenian
Aşina [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Halep İdadi-i Mülkiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Antakya iptidai ve rüştiye; Halep İdadi-i Mülkiye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mersin [source]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1901/02 (AH 1319) [source]

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 Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

    NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 197, 198

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