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Mehmet Rifat 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. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Telgraf muhabere memuruNiğde · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Telgraf muhabere memuruNiğde · Bilecik · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 380; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 27 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 28 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 29 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 30 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 380; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 31 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  9. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 106; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 32 · 106 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 33

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  11. 1878 (AH 1295)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  12. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  13. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Telgraf muhabere memuruBilecik · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Bilecik · Calculated age 36 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

  14. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Telgraf Müdürüİnegöl · 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Müdürü

      İnegöl · Calculated age 41 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  15. Undated entriesTelgrafhane stajyeri · 7 career entriesBursa · Hüdavendigar Vilayeti Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti · Geyve · Kütahya · İnegöl · Hüdavendigâr Vilayeti Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti · 540; 600 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Bursa

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    2. Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti görevlisi

      Hüdavendigar Vilayeti Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

    5. Telgraf merkezi müdür vekili

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    6. Telgraf Müdürü

      İnegöl · 540 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    7. Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti hitabet görevlisi

      Hüdavendigâr Vilayeti Telgraf Başmüdüriyeti · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

Recorded pay

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

03006001868/69AH 12851884/85AH 13021868/69 (AH 1285) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 24 · 400 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1869/70 (AH 1286) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 25 · 400 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 27 · 380 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 28 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 29 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 30 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 31 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 31 · 500 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 32 · 106 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Bilecik · age 36 · 500 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Telgraf Müdürü · İnegöl · age 41 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Akhisar [source]
Birth province
Aydın [source]
Birth year
1845 (AH 1261) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kâtip [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]Okur yazar [1] [2]
Education detail
Akhisar sıbyan dersleri;medresede sarf ve nahiv. [source]
Education
Akhisar sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bursa [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Akhisarlı devlet adamları

    MELİHA AKDOĞAN · 2020 · Pages 45

  2. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Akhisarlı devlet adamları

    MELİHA AKDOĞAN · 2020 · Pages 51

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