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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. 1878 (AH 1295)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriBurdur
  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdur
  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdurContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdurContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdurContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdurContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeriBurdur · 100 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri · 2 career entriesBurdur · 100; 300 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 22 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Burdur · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri · Burdur · age 21 · 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri · Burdur · age 22 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Burdur · age 22 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Burdur [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Şehadetname alamamıştır [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Burdur [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)

    ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 174

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