Mehmet Rıfat Efendi
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 0065_0175; 347
Mehmet Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1290 (1873–1874). Recorded schooling includes 12 years at Darussafaka. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1311 (1893–1894), 21 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 13 distinct AH years in AH 1311–1323 (1893–1906); it begins with Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul (400 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); French: Kitabet (writing). Later annual personnel extract marks a criminal-record indicator in AH 1316–1317 (1898–1900), AH 1319 (1901–1902), AH 1321 (1903–1904), AH 1323 (1905–1906); this is not a lifetime verdict.
Recorded preparation
- Birth
- AH 1290 (1873–1874); dersaadet
- School / programme
- Darussafaka
- Schooling duration
- 12 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship duration
- 0 source-recorded years
- Qualification field (recorded code)
- 1
- Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
- 1
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Recorded language terms
- Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
- French: Kitabet (writing)
First-work fields
- Recorded year
- AH 1311 (1893–1894)
- Place
- istanbul
- First-salary field
- 400 kuruş
First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.
Honours, rank and legal records
Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.
The annual personnel records mark “yes for this annual record” in AH 1316–1317 (1898–1900), AH 1319 (1901–1902), AH 1321 (1903–1904), AH 1323 (1905–1906).
- Annual legal indicator · original codes
- 0 / 1
- Additional annual legal field · original codes
- 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes, codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.
Annual chronology
13 annual entries in 13 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.
| AH year (Gregorian) | Source G year | Recorded title | Locality / province | Monthly kuruş |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH 1311 (1893–1894) | 1893 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 400 |
| AH 1312 (1894–1895) | 1894 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 500 |
| AH 1313 (1895–1896) | 1895 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 650 |
| AH 1314 (1896–1897) | 1896 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 585 |
| AH 1315 (1897–1898) | 1897 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 585 |
| AH 1316 (1898–1899) | 1898 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 585 |
| AH 1317 (1899–1900) | 1899 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 700 |
| AH 1318 (1900–1901) | 1900 | basmemur | dersaadet Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |
| AH 1319 (1901–1902) | 1901 | basmemur | dersaadet Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |
| AH 1320 (1902–1903) | 1902 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |
| AH 1321 (1903–1904) | 1903 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |
| AH 1322 (1904–1905) | 1904 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |
| AH 1323 (1905–1906) | 1905 | muhendis kalemi | istanbul Province: dersaadet | 1,000 |