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Mehmed Rifad 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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Cari Hesaplar Kâtibi VekiliTokat Muhasebe Dairesi · 17.5 kuruş

    1. Cari Hesaplar Kâtibi Vekili

      Tokat Muhasebe Dairesi · Calculated age 17 · 17.5 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Cari Hesaplar Kâtibi Vekili (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesTokat · 65 kuruş

    1. Cari Hesaplar Kâtibi Vekili (İnfisal)

      Tokat · Calculated age 18

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Dairesi Mübeyyizi

      Tokat · Calculated age 18 · 65 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)İdare Meclisi İkinci KâtibiTokat · 65 kuruş

    1. İdare Meclisi İkinci Kâtibi

      Tokat · Calculated age 19 · 65 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tahrirat Dairesi İkinci MüsevvidiTokat · 130 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Dairesi İkinci Müsevvidi

      Tokat · Calculated age 22 · 130 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tahrirat Müdürlüğü Birinci YardımcısıTokat · 250 kuruş
  6. 1897/98 (AH 1315)İdare Meclisi BaşkâtibiTokat · 280 kuruş

    1. İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi

      Tokat · Calculated age 26 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Sancak İdare Meclisi BaşkâtibiAmasya · 300 kuruş

    1. Sancak İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi

      Amasya · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Kaymakam VekiliNiksar · Zile

    1. Kaymakam Vekili

      Niksar · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam Vekili

      Zile · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  9. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Sancak Tahrirat MüdürüIsparta · 769 kuruş

    1. Sancak Tahrirat Müdürü

      Isparta · Calculated age 34 · 769 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Kaymakam VekiliMerzifon · 450 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam Vekili

      Merzifon · Calculated age 36 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tahrirat MüdürüAmasya · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Müdürü

      Amasya · Calculated age 38 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesTahrirat Müdür Vekili · 4 career entriesTokat · Niksar · Amasya · Çorum · 750; 1,250 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001888/89AH 13061909/10AH 13271888/89 (AH 1306) · Cari Hesaplar Kâtibi Vekili · Tokat Muhasebe Dairesi · age 17 · 17.5 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahrirat Dairesi Mübeyyizi · Tokat · age 18 · 65 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · İdare Meclisi İkinci Kâtibi · Tokat · age 19 · 65 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tahrirat Dairesi İkinci Müsevvidi · Tokat · age 22 · 130 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tahrirat Müdürlüğü Birinci Yardımcısı · Tokat · age 24 · 250 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi · Tokat · age 26 · 280 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Sancak İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi · Amasya · age 29 · 300 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Sancak Tahrirat Müdürü · Isparta · age 34 · 769 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Kaymakam Vekili · Merzifon · age 36 · 450 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tahrirat Müdürü · Amasya · age 38 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tokat [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 110, s. 33 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye diploması, aliyyü'l-âlâ derece [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tokat [source]
First-salary field
17.5 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
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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 döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )

    ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 221, 222, 223, 224

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