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Mehmet Rıfat Efendi Bey

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. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKars
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Aşar MemuruOsmancik · Gümüşhacıköy · 600 kuruş
  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Kaymakam Muavini · 2 career entriesAhtabol · Saray · 800; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam Muavini

      Ahtabol · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Nahiye Müdürü

      Saray · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  4. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Nahiye MüdürüSaray · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nahiye Müdürü

      Saray · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Nahiye Müdürü · 2 career entriesSaray · 800 kuruş

    1. Nahiye Müdürü

      Saray · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nahiye müdürü (İnfisal)

      Saray

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)KaymakamDiyadin · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Diyadin · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  7. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesDiyadin · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Diyadin · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Diyadin

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  8. 1892/93 (AH 1310)KaymakamSiverek · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Siverek · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)KaymakamKâhta · Beyşehir · 1,008; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Kâhta · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Beyşehir · 1,008 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)KaymakamBeyşehir · 907; 1,008 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Beyşehir · 1,008 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Beyşehir · 907 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)KaymakamEğirdir · 907 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Eğirdir · 907 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  12. 1900/01 (AH 1318)KaymakamTefenni

    1. Kaymakam

      Tefenni

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  13. 1906/07 (AH 1324)KaymakamEymirler · 1,570 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Eymirler · 1,570 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1908/09 (AH 1326)KaymakamNazilli · 1,570 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazilli · 1,570 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  15. 1909/10 (AH 1327)KaymakamTurgutlu (Kasaba) · 1,570; 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Turgutlu (Kasaba) · 1,570 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Turgutlu (Kasaba) · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  16. 1910/11 (AH 1328)KaymakamKaraagac · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Karaagac · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesMektubi Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesSivas · Gümüşhacıköy

    2. Aşar memuru (İstifa)

      Gümüşhacıköy

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,0002,0001882/83AH 13001910/11AH 13281882/83 (AH 1300) · Aşar Memuru · Osmancik · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Aşar Memuru · Gümüşhacıköy · 600 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakam Muavini · Ahtabol · 1,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Nahiye Müdürü · Saray · 800 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Nahiye Müdürü · Saray · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Nahiye Müdürü · Saray · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kaymakam · Diyadin · 1,250 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kaymakam · Diyadin · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaymakam · Siverek · 1,250 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Kâhta · 1,250 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Beyşehir · 1,008 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Beyşehir · 1,008 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Beyşehir · 907 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Kaymakam · Eğirdir · 907 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Kaymakam · Eymirler · 1,570 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Kaymakam · Nazilli · 1,570 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Kaymakam · Turgutlu (Kasaba) · 1,570 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Kaymakam · Turgutlu (Kasaba) · 2,000 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Kaymakam · Karaagac · 2,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kars [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 22/211 [1]BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 22/211 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; özel hocalar [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Kars Tahrirat Kalemi [source]
First work year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [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 Karslı memurlar (1879-1909)

    RÜVEYDE ÇİFÇİ · 2015 · Pages 103, 104

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