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Mehmet Arif 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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Zabıta nazırı · 130 kuruş

    1. Zabıta nazırı

      · 130 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Posta ve telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruŞam-ı Şerif · 300 kuruş

    1. Posta ve telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Şam-ı Şerif · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Merkez posta ve telgraf muhabere memuruKırtıl · 300 kuruş
  4. Undated entriesJandarma nazırı · 2 career entriesÇatalca · Niğde ve Mütherekil telgrafhaneleri · 400 kuruş

    1. Jandarma nazırı

      Çatalca · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Niğde ve Mütherekil telgrafhaneleri

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001895/96AH 13131904/05AH 13221895/96 (AH 1313) · Zabıta nazırı · 130 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Posta ve telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Şam-ı Şerif · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Merkez posta ve telgraf muhabere memuru · Kırtıl · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemah [source]
Birth province
Erzurum [source]
Father’s occupation
Posta tatarı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.115/175 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Kemah rüştiyesi (şehadetname) [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First-salary field
130 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
1895/96 (AH 1313) [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. Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları

    YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 77

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