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Mehmet Rifat

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 54_190; 377

Mehmet Rifat was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1260 (1844–1845). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1291 (1874–1875), 31 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Zaptiye Kalemi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 10 distinct AH years in AH 1298–1314 (1880–1897), with gaps; it begins with Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul (100 kuruş monthly). Muhasebe Kalemi appears later, in AH 1306 (1888–1889), with 50 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1260 (1844–1845); dersaadet
School / programme
Sibyan Mektebi
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
1 source-recorded year
Qualification field (recorded code)
1
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Esnaf
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1291 (1874–1875)
Place
istanbul
First-salary field
40 kuruş
Recorded first-job wording
Zaptiye Kalemi

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.

Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rütbe
0
Mecidi nişanı
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
0
Madalya
0
Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
0
Annual legal indicator · original codes
0
Personnel legal field · original codes
0
Additional annual legal field · original codes
0

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

10 annual entries in 10 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 yearRecorded titleLocality / provinceMonthly kuruş
AH 1298 (1880–1881)1881kontrol kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
100
AH 1306 (1888–1889)1889muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
50
AH 1307 (1889–1890)1890muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
50
AH 1308 (1890–1891)1891muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
50
AH 1309 (1891–1892)1892Muhasebe Kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
100
AH 1310 (1892–1893)1892muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
140
AH 1311 (1893–1894)1893muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
190
AH 1312 (1894–1895)1894muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
230
AH 1313 (1895–1896)1895muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
230
AH 1314 (1896–1897)1896muhasebe kalemiistanbul
Province: dersaadet
240