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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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriBurdur
  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriBurdurContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · 2 career entriesBurdur · 40 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

      Burdur · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 16 · 40 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · 4 career entriesBurdur · 40; 155; 500 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 17 · 40 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 17 · 155 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi (Nakil)

      Burdur · Calculated age 17

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı

      Burdur · Calculated age 17 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırıBurdur · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı

      Burdur · Calculated age 18 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı · 3 career entriesBurdur · 250; 500 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı

      Burdur · Calculated age 19 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı (Nakil)

      Burdur · Calculated age 19

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tarik Komisyonu kâtibi

      Burdur · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1900/01 (AH 1318)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001890/91AH 13081893/94AH 13111890/91 (AH 1308) · Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Burdur · age 16 · 40 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Burdur · age 17 · 40 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Burdur · age 17 · 155 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı · Burdur · age 17 · 500 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı · Burdur · age 18 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mubassırı · Burdur · age 19 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tarik Komisyonu kâtibi · Burdur · age 19 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Burdur [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 51, s. 151 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Burdur İbtidai ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Burdur [source]
First work year
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)

    ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 174, 175

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