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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. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Bidayet Mahkemesi Savci MuaviniKayalar · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Savci Muavini

      Kayalar · Calculated age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

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Recorded pay

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

05001,0001907/08AH 13251907/08 (AH 1325) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Savci Muavini · Kayalar · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mitroviça [source]
Birth province
Kosova [source]
Birth year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. 144/203 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
okur [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Persian
okur [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İdadi diploması: pekiyi; Hukuk Mektebi diploması: iyi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mitroviçe İbtidai Mektebi; Üsküp Mülkiye İdadisi; Hukuk Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kayalar [source]
First-salary field
1000 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
1907/08 (AH 1325) [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 Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)

    DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 157, 158

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