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Mehmet Arif Bey

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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muaviniMedina (Medine) · 750 kuruş
  2. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muaviniMedina (Medine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 20 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muaviniMedina (Medine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 21 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini · 2 career entriesMedina (Medine) · 750 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 22 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  5. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Şehremaneti Çırçır yangın yeri heyet-i fenniyesi görevlisi · 3 career entriesÇırçır yangın yeri · Sehremaneti · 600; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Şehremaneti Çırçır yangın yeri heyet-i fenniyesi görevlisi

      Çırçır yangın yeri · Calculated age 23 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  6. Undated entries7. Belediye Dairesi sermühendis muavini · 2 career entries7. Belediye Dairesi · Beyoğlu · 1,000 kuruş

    1. 7. Belediye Dairesi sermühendis muavini

      7. Belediye Dairesi · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001906/07AH 13241910/11AH 13281906/07 (AH 1324) · Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini · Medina (Medine) · age 19 · 750 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini · Medina (Medine) · age 20 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini · Medina (Medine) · age 21 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Hicaz Demiryolu 28. Şube operatör muavini · Medina (Medine) · age 22 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1910/11 (AH 1328) · Şehremaneti Çırçır yangın yeri heyet-i fenniyesi görevlisi · Çırçır yangın yeri · age 23 · 600 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Şehremaneti heyet-i fenniyesi inşaat şubesi operatörü · Sehremaneti · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Father’s occupation
Harem-i Şerif ve Hazine-i Celile-i Nebevi müdürlüğünden emekli [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 184/4 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Aşina [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Darüşşafaka'dan ayrılırken şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İbtidai tahsilinden sonra Darüşşafaka son sınıfına kadar; son sınıfta ayrılmış [source]
Education
Mekteb-i İbtidai; Darüşşafaka [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Medine [source]
First-salary field
750 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
1906/07 (AH 1324) [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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 292, 293

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