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Mehmed Rıfat Bey

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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Hariciye Nezareti Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Ticaret Nezareti Ziraat ve Sınaat Tercüme-i Fünun Kalemi memuru · 1,000 kuruş
  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesTiflis · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Tiflis Başşehbenderliği kançıları

      Tiflis · Calculated age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    2. Tiflis şehbender vekili

      Tiflis · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesHariciye Nezareti Tercüme Odası mülazımı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 123; 150 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001883/84AH 13011885/86AH 13031883/84 (AH 1301) · Ticaret Nezareti Ziraat ve Sınaat Tercüme-i Fünun Kalemi memuru · age 24 · 1,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tiflis Başşehbenderliği kançıları · Tiflis · age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]A‘lâ dereceli mülazemet ruûsu ve ulûm-ı siyasiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
İbtidai, rüşdiye ve Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

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
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 215

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