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Mehmet Arif Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1284–1326 (1867–1909)

8_71; 137Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1264 (1847–1848). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Sibyan mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1281 (1864–1865), 17 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 43 distinct AH years in AH 1284–1326 (1867–1909); it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Ergiri (400 kuruş monthly). basmuhabere memuru appears later, in AH 1326 (1908–1909), with 3,600 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

43 recorded AH years · 43 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1264 (1847–1848)
AH 1281 (1864–1865)Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1285 (1868–1869)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1286 (1869–1870)Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
AH 1287–1288 (1870–1872)Birth-year difference: 23–24 AH years
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1290 (1873–1874)Birth-year difference: 26 AH years
AH 1291–1292 (1874–1876)Birth-year difference: 27–28 AH years
AH 1293–1296 (1876–1879)Birth-year difference: 29–32 AH years
AH 1297 (1879–1880)Birth-year difference: 33 AH years
AH 1298–1319 (1880–1902)Birth-year difference: 34–55 AH years
AH 1320–1325 (1902–1908)Birth-year difference: 56–61 AH years
AH 1326 (1908–1909)Birth-year difference: 62 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1284 (1867–1868)

Muhabere Memuru · ergiri · 400 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1281 (1864–1865) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 400 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1281 (1864–1865)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality ergiri → mecidozu
Salary 400 to 600 kuruş +200 (+50%)
Locality mecidozu → kastamonu
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality kastamonu → safranbolu
Salary 600 to 800 kuruş +200 (+33.33%)
Salary 800 to 900 kuruş +100 (+12.5%)
Locality safranbolu → kastamonu
Salary 900 to 1,090 kuruş +190 (+21.11%)
Locality kastamonu → trabzon
Title 2. Mudur → Tahrirat Kalemi
Locality trabzon → dersaadet
Salary 1,090 to 900 kuruş -190 (-17.43%)
Salary 900 to 1,000 kuruş +100 (+11.11%)
Locality dersaadet → istanbul
Salary 1,000 to 1,250 kuruş +250 (+25%)
Title Tahrirat Kalemi → Muhabere Memuru
Locality istanbul → dersaadet
Salary 1,250 to 800 kuruş -450 (-36%)
Locality dersaadet → mabeyni humayun
Salary 800 to 1,000 kuruş +200 (+25%)
Salary 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş +500 (+50%)
Salary 1,500 to 1,800 kuruş +300 (+20%)
Salary 1,800 to 2,200 kuruş +400 (+22.22%)
Salary 2,200 to 2,300 kuruş +100 (+4.55%)
Salary 2,300 to 2,700 kuruş +400 (+17.39%)
Salary 2,700 to 2,430 kuruş -270 (-10%)
Salary 2,430 to 2,700 kuruş +270 (+11.11%)
Salary 2,700 to 3,000 kuruş +300 (+11.11%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → Basmuhabere Memuru
Salary 3,000 to 3,250 kuruş +250 (+8.33%)
Salary 3,250 to 3,350 kuruş +100 (+3.08%)
Title Basmuhabere Memuru → basmuhabere memuru
Salary 3,350 to 3,600 kuruş +250 (+7.46%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1281 (1864–1865)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 8_71; 137

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1284–1309 (1867–1892), AH 1311–1326 (1893–1909)

Legal wording and source descriptions