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Mehmet Rifat Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1286–1323

54_169; 335Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Rifat Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1263. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Edirne in AH 1283 (20 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 35 distinct AH years between 1286 and 1323, with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Filibe (500 kuruş monthly). Posta Memuru appears later, in AH 1322 (540 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

35 recorded AH years · 35 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1263
AH 1283Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1286Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1287–1290Birth-year difference: 24–27 AH years
AH 1291–1292
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1293Birth-year difference: 30 AH years
AH 1294Birth-year difference: 31 AH years
AH 1295
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1296–1302Birth-year difference: 33–39 AH years
AH 1303–1304Birth-year difference: 40–41 AH years
AH 1305–1307Birth-year difference: 42–44 AH years
AH 1308Birth-year difference: 45 AH years
AH 1309–1310Birth-year difference: 46–47 AH years
AH 1311–1312Birth-year difference: 48–49 AH years
AH 1313–1321Birth-year difference: 50–58 AH years
AH 1322–1323Birth-year difference: 59–60 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1286

Muhabere Memuru · filibe · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1283 in Edirne. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1283 · 1866 labelRecorded first-work anchorEdirne

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian values elsewhere are stored labels.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Title Muhabere Memuru → Posta Memuru
Salary 500 to 300 kuruş -200 (-40%)
No annual entries for AH 1291–1292. Changes span the gap.
Title Posta Memuru → Muhabere Memuru
Locality filibe → sofya
Salary 300 to 400 kuruş +100 (+33.33%)
Locality sofya → izladi
Salary 400 to 600 kuruş +200 (+50%)
No annual entries for AH 1295. Changes span the gap.
Locality izladi → simav
Salary 600 to 500 kuruş -100 (-16.67%)
Locality simav → gediz
Locality gediz → mudanya
Title Muhabere Memuru → Merkez Memuru
Locality mudanya → bursa
Salary 500 to 475 kuruş -25 (-5%)
Title Merkez Memuru → Muhabere Memuru
Locality bursa → sinop
Salary 475 to 600 kuruş +125 (+26.32%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 3. Mudur
Locality sinop → babai atik
Salary 600 to 500 kuruş -100 (-16.67%)
Locality babai atik → dimetoka
Salary 500 to 600 kuruş +100 (+20%)
Title 3. Mudur → Posta Memuru
Locality dimetoka → manda
Salary 600 to 540 kuruş -60 (-10%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1283 · 1866 labelRecorded first-work anchorEdirne

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 54_169; 335

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1286–1290, 1293–1294, 1296–1309, 1311–1323

Legal wording and source descriptions