Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley
← Biography, maps and personal record

Mehmet Rıfat 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. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Ebniye Müdüriyeti Keşif Odası mülazemeti
  2. Undated entriesTicaret ve Ziraat Dairesi İhzar-ı Jor Komiserliği hizmeti · 13 career entriesTuna · Svishtov (Ziştovi) · Şenmes · Levm Lum · Vidin · Giresun · Ayvalık Mahallesi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)

    9. Merkez Memuru

      Ayvalık Mahallesi

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sinop [source]
Birth year
1835/36 (AH 1251) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ziraatçı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d 63-67 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Enderun-ı Hümayun 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
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [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'nde Sinoplu Devlet Adamları (Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre: 1879-1909 )

    ZEHRA DENİZ · 2019 · Pages 175, 176

Read the source accounts and original values →

Subjects