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Mehmet Rafet 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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)telgraf stajyeriBursa
    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Bursa · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. Undated entriesTelgraf Memuru · 6 career entriesKadınhanı · Konya · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Serres (Siroz) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Gümülcine · 250; 285; 300; 400; 500 kuruş
    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Gümülcine · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00091, s.443 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Bursa Rüştiye 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
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bursa vilayeti telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 282, 283

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