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Mehmed Rîfât 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 200 kuruş
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 17 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama) (Azil) · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

    1. Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama) (Azil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

    1. Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi (Azil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  6. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 400 kuruş
  7. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini

      · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini

      · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini

      · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini

      · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · 3 career entriesİstanbul, Kasımpaşa · 400 kuruş

    1. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini

      · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  12. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Cidde Rüsûmât İdaresi eşya-yı ayniye memuruJeddah (Cidde) · 500 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001873/74AH 12901889/90AH 13071873/74 (AH 1290) · Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 16 · 200 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi kâtibi (yükleme/yoklama) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 17 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 18 · 300 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Duhân İnhisarı İdaresi ham eşya ambar kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 22 · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 23 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Şehbazzâde Hacı Hafız Raşid Efendi Duhân Fabrikası memur muavini · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Cidde Rüsûmât İdaresi eşya-yı ayniye memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 33 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Medine [source]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 137/237, s.237 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Medine Sıbyan Mektebi; Bursa ve diğer rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Qualification
Şehâdetnâmesi yok [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
8 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Yenişehir [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1865/66 (AH 1282) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 216, 217, 218

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