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Mehmed Rifat 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. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımı

    1. Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  2. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries · 50 kuruş

    1. Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi görevlisi

      · Calculated age 26 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  4. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi · 150 kuruş

    1. Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi

      · Calculated age 28 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  5. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi · 2 career entries · 150; 300 kuruş

    1. Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi

      · Calculated age 29 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adliye Sicil Kalemi beşinci sınıf kâtibi

      · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  6. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muaviniKastoria (Kesriye)
  7. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini · 2 career entriesKastoria (Kesriye) · Kozani (Kozana) · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      Kastoria (Kesriye) · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

      Kozani (Kozana) · Calculated age 32 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Beyoğlu Polis Merkezi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Beyoğlu Polis Merkezi memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 33 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesAdliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi görevlisi · 3 career entriesKastoria (Kesriye) · Kozani (Kozana) · 70; 1,000 kuruş

    3. Bidayet Mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi (İnfisal)

      Kozani (Kozana)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001903/04AH 13211910/11AH 13281903/04 (AH 1321) · Adliye Nezareti Sicil Memuriyeti Kalemi görevlisi · age 26 · 50 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi · age 28 · 150 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Adliye Sicil Kalemi altıncı sınıf kâtibi · age 29 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Adliye Sicil Kalemi beşinci sınıf kâtibi · age 29 · 300 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi · Kozani (Kozana) · age 32 · 1,200 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Beyoğlu Polis Merkezi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Taşköprü [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kastamonu Eytam müdürü [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,153/139 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Armenian
Aşina [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye ve idadi şahadetnameleri; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane a'lâ derece mezuniyeti [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Taşköprü Mülkiye Rüşdiyesi; Kastamonu Askerî Rüşdiyesi; Mülkiye İdadisi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-ı Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1901/02 (AH 1319) [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. Sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar

    VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 133, 134

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