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Mehmed Rıfat 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)ŞehbenderBender Buşehr · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Şehbender

      Bender Buşehr · Calculated age 24 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Şehbender · 3 career entriesBender Buşehr · İsfahan · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Şehbender

      Bender Buşehr · Calculated age 25 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbender (Nakil)

      Bender Buşehr · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Şehbender

      İsfahan · Calculated age 25 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Şehbender · 3 career entriesİsfahan · Kirmanşah · 2,000; 3,000 kuruş

    1. Şehbender

      İsfahan · Calculated age 26 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbender (Nakil)

      İsfahan · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Başşehbender

      Kirmanşah · Calculated age 26 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesBaşşehbenderBakü

Recorded pay

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

01,5003,0001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021882/83 (AH 1300) · Şehbender · Bender Buşehr · age 24 · 2,000 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Şehbender · Bender Buşehr · age 25 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Şehbender · İsfahan · age 25 · 2,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Şehbender · İsfahan · age 26 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Başşehbender · Kirmanşah · age 26 · 3,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bağdat [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education
Özel muallim [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bender Buşehr [source]
First-salary field
2000 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
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 157

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