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Mehmet Rıfat 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Nüfus kâtibiTosya · 125 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tosya · Calculated age 15 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Nüfus kâtibiTosya · 125 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tosya · Calculated age 16 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Nüfus kâtibiTosya · 125 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tosya · Calculated age 17 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Nüfus kâtibi · 2 career entriesTosya · 125 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tosya · Calculated age 18 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Tosya · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muaviniPiriştine · 1,260 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini

      Piriştine · Calculated age 31 · 1,260 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

06301,2601882/83AH 13001898/99AH 13161882/83 (AH 1300) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tosya · age 15 · 125 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tosya · age 16 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tosya · age 17 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tosya · age 18 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavini · Piriştine · age 31 · 1,260 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tosya [source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.77/325 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye birinciliği; Hukuk mezuniyeti, âli derece [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Tosya İbtidaî Mektebi; Tosya Rüşdiye Mektebi; Mekteb-i Hukuk-i Şahane [source]
Education level equivalent
14 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

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
Tosya [source]
First-salary field
125 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
1882/83 (AH 1300) [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 Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)

    BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 37

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