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Ahmet Raif Efendi

Born 1859/60 (AH 1276) · Dagistan · Career evidence 1878 to 1895 (AH 1295 to 1312)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 72/11

Life and career

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Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1DagistanIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1859/60 (AH 1276)

    Dagistan

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Dersaadet Zaptiye Alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      380 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    1. Dersaadet Zaptiye Alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      380 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Dersaadet Zaptiye Alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      380 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Dersaadet Zaptiye Alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru

      380 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Beyoğlu, İstanbul

      Beyoğlu Polis Yedinci Bölüğü birinci çavuşu

      350 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1881/82 (AH 1299) · 2 recorded years

    Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    AH entries: 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. Beyoğlu Polis Yedinci Bölüğü birinci çavuşu

      350 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Beyoğlu Polis Yedinci Bölüğü birinci çavuşu

      350 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Beyoğlu meclis azası

      Calculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Beyoğlu, İstanbul / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Beyoğlu, İstanbul

    1. Beyoğlu, İstanbul

      Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 11 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Onuncu Bölük üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. İstanbul Polisi İkinci Bölük üçüncü komiseri

      500 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. İstanbul Polisi Sekizinci Bölük ikinci sınıf komiseri

      650 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

5 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03256501878AH 12951886/87AH 13041894/95AH 13121878 (AH 1295) · 380 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 380 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 380 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 380 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 350 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 350 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 350 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 500 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 500 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 500 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 500 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 500 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 500 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 500 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 500 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 500 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 650 kuruş

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1878 to 1895 (AH 1295 to 1312)
  2. Beyoğlu, İstanbul4
    1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  2. Beyoğlu, İstanbul350 to 500

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1883 to 1895 (AH 1301 to 1312)
  2. 1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298)
  3. 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
  4. 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)
  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
dagistan[source]Dağıstan[1]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276)[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 72/11[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]
Education
Valide Sultan Mektebi[source]
Education level equivalent
9[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul[source]
First-salary field
380 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
1878 (AH 1295)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 220, 221

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 72/11

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 18 dated years

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