Individual dossier

Ahmed Rıfat Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1284–1323 (1867–1906)

58- 0109;211Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Ahmed Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1265 (1848–1849). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1283 (1866–1867), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 38 distinct AH years in AH 1284–1323 (1867–1906), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Cankiri (400 kuruş monthly). 1. Mudur appears later, in AH 1323 (1905–1906), with 1,200 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

38 recorded AH years · 38 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1265 (1848–1849)
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 19 AH years
AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1286 (1869–1870)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1287–1294 (1870–1878)Birth-year difference: 22–29 AH years
AH 1295 (1878)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1296 (1878–1879)Birth-year difference: 31 AH years
AH 1297–1298 (1879–1881)Birth-year difference: 32–33 AH years
AH 1299–1306 (1881–1889)Birth-year difference: 34–41 AH years
AH 1307–1313 (1889–1896)Birth-year difference: 42–48 AH years
AH 1314–1316 (1896–1899)Birth-year difference: 49–51 AH years
AH 1317–1322 (1899–1905)Birth-year difference: 52–57 AH years
AH 1323 (1905–1906)Birth-year difference: 58 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 1284 (1867–1868)

Muhabere Memuru · cankiri · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1283 (1866–1867) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1283 (1866–1867)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

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 spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality cankiri → karadeniz eregli
Salary 400 to 600 kuruş +200 (+50%)
No annual entries for AH 1286 (1869–1870). Changes span the gap.
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality karadeniz eregli → balikesir
Salary 600 to 1,000 kuruş +400 (+66.67%)
Salary 1,000 to 850 kuruş -150 (-15%)
Salary 850 to 1,000 kuruş +150 (+17.65%)
No annual entries for AH 1295 (1878). Changes span the gap.
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality balikesir → gelibolu
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Locality gelibolu → koprulu
Salary 1,200 to 800 kuruş -400 (-33.33%)
Locality koprulu → uskup
Salary 800 to 1,000 kuruş +200 (+25%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Salary 1,200 to 1,080 kuruş -120 (-10%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Salary 1,080 to 1,200 kuruş +120 (+11.11%)
Locality uskup → adana

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

Places in this record

AH 1283 (1866–1867)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ 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: 58- 0109;211

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 1284–1285 (1867–1869), AH 1287–1294 (1870–1878), AH 1296–1309 (1878–1892), AH 1311–1323 (1893–1906)

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