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Mehmet Raif 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)tahrirat kalemi katibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 50 kuruş
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)sandık eminiAlucra · 200 kuruş

    1. sandık emini

      Alucra · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)askerlik

    1. askerlik

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)muhasebe kalemi stajyeriSivas

    1. muhasebe kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mal Müdürü VekiliHafik (Koçhisar) · 300 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Vekili

      Hafik (Koçhisar) · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Mal Müdürü Vekili · 2 career entriesHafik (Koçhisar) · 270 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Vekili

      Hafik (Koçhisar) · Calculated age 30 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  7. Undated entriestahrirat kalemi katibi (İstifa) · 3 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Sivas · Darende · 500 kuruş

    1. tahrirat kalemi katibi (İstifa)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001882/83AH 13001895/96AH 13131882/83 (AH 1300) · tahrirat kalemi katibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 17 · 50 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · sandık emini · Alucra · age 18 · 200 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mal Müdürü Vekili · Hafik (Koçhisar) · age 29 · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Mal Müdürü Vekili · Hafik (Koçhisar) · age 30 · 270 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1866/67 (AH 1283) [source]
Father’s occupation
Divriği kazası mal müdürü [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00101, s.115 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye (diplomasız) [source]

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
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarki [1]
First-salary field
50 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
1882/83 (AH 1300) [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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 286, 287

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