Individual dossier

Ahmet Refet Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1286–1323

5_321; 639Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Ahmet Refet Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1269. Recorded schooling includes 4 years at sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1285 (16 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 38 distinct AH years between 1286 and 1323; it begins with memur in Uskudar (150 kuruş monthly). Mudur appears later, in AH 1312 (1,650 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: asina.

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Life and career

38 recorded AH years · 38 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1269
AH 1285Birth-year difference: 16 AH years
AH 1286–1287Birth-year difference: 17–18 AH years
AH 1288–1297Birth-year difference: 19–28 AH years
AH 1298–1306Birth-year difference: 29–37 AH years
AH 1307–1311Birth-year difference: 38–42 AH years
AH 1312–1323Birth-year difference: 43–54 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1286

memur · uskudar · 150 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1285 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 150 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1285 · 1868 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian values elsewhere are stored labels.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 150 to 300 kuruş +150 (+100%)
Title memur → Memur
Locality uskudar → harbiye
Salary 300 to 350 kuruş +50 (+16.67%)
Salary 350 to 400 kuruş +50 (+14.29%)
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Salary 500 to 600 kuruş +100 (+20%)
Salary 600 to 700 kuruş +100 (+16.67%)
Salary 700 to 800 kuruş +100 (+14.29%)
Salary 800 to 900 kuruş +100 (+12.5%)
Salary 900 to 950 kuruş +50 (+5.56%)
Salary 950 to 800 kuruş -150 (-15.79%)
Title Memur → Basmemur
Locality harbiye → bab-i vala
Salary 800 to 1,000 kuruş +200 (+25%)
Salary 1,000 to 1,400 kuruş +400 (+40%)
Title Basmemur → 1. Mudur
Locality bab-i vala → istanbul
Salary 1,400 to 1,200 kuruş -200 (-14.29%)
Salary 1,200 to 1,250 kuruş +50 (+4.17%)
Salary 1,250 to 1,400 kuruş +150 (+12%)
Title 1. Mudur → Mudur
Salary 1,400 to 1,650 kuruş +250 (+17.86%)
Salary 1,650 to 2,000 kuruş +350 (+21.21%)
Salary 2,000 to 1,800 kuruş -200 (-10%)
Salary 1,800 to 3,000 kuruş +1,200 (+66.67%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1285 · 1868 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 5_321; 639

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1286–1308, 1310–1323

Legal wording and source descriptions