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Hüseyin Rıfkı 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferiİstanbul, Selimiye KışlasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası

    1. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Askerî Telgraf Bölüğü neferi (İnfisal)

      İstanbul, Selimiye Kışlası · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuBalatya · 150 kuruş

    1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu

      Balatya · Calculated age 34 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruElvine · 300 kuruş

    1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru

      Elvine · Calculated age 40 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesKendi hesabına ticaret · 4 career entriesAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Balatya · Ekinlik · 175 kuruş

    2. Kendi hesabına ticaret (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu (İnfisal)

      Balatya

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001890/91AH 13081896/97AH 13141890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusu · Balatya · age 34 · 150 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru · Elvine · age 40 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Afyonkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Sâhib [1]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 000117 /00088 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Medrese şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahallî Mekteb-i İbtidâî; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]11.5 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [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. Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları

    İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 87, 88

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