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Mehmed 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. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruş

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 30 · 0 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1900/01 (AH 1318)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 31 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 32 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 33 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1903/04 (AH 1321)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 34 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1904/05 (AH 1322)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 35 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1905/06 (AH 1323)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 36 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1906/07 (AH 1324)İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab · 60 kuruş

    1. İlim ve fen öğreticisi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 37 · 60 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1919/20 (AH 1338)Ayntab Eytam müdürüAyntab

    1. Ayntab Eytam müdürü

      Ayntab · Calculated age 51

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesAyntab müftüsü · 5 career entriesAyntab · 350; 400 kuruş

    2. Ayntab müftüsü

      Ayntab · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Ayntab müftüsü

      Ayntab · 350 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Maarif komisyonu azası

      Ayntab

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

030601899/1900AH 13171906/07AH 13241899/1900 (AH 1317) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 30 · 0 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 31 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 32 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 33 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 34 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 35 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 36 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · İlim ve fen öğreticisi · Ayntab · age 37 · 60 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ayntab [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Âlim [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1 [1]157-7-2 [1]157-7-4 [1]157-7-5 [1]157-7-6 [1]157-7-7 [1]157-8-11 [1]

Education and languages

French
az derecede [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi; icazetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Mahalle mektebi; Ayntab Rüşdiyesi, birincilik şahadetnamesi; Fethiye/Zülkadriye medreseleri, icazetname. [source]
Education
Mahalle mektebi; Ayntab Rüşdiye Mektebi; Fethiye ve Zülkadriye medreseleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ayntab [source]
First-salary field
0 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
1899/1900 (AH 1317) [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. Meşîhat Arşivi'ne göre Osmanlı'nın son döneminde Ayntablı ilmiye sınıfı

    OĞUZ ÖLMEZ · 2021 · Pages 48, 49

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