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Mehmed 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. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · 2 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 0; 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Maiyet Memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · 4 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 0; 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Maiyet Memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. İdadi-i Mülkiye Hikmet vb. muallimliği vekaleti (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 29 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · 2 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 0; 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet Maiyet Memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 30 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · 5 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · Kemah · 0; 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Maiyet Memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet Maiyet Memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 31 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    4. Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Kemah · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Kaza KaymakamıCarsancak · 1,080 kuruş

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Carsancak · Calculated age 33 · 1,080 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Kaza KaymakamıNazımiye (Kızılkilise) · 1,125 kuruş

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 34 · 1,125 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Kaza KaymakamıBıhesni

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Bıhesni · Calculated age 37

      [1]

  8. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Kaza Kaymakamı · 3 career entriesNazımiye (Kızılkilise)

    2. Kaza Kaymakamı (Azil)

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 38

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  9. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Kaza KaymakamıPötürge · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Pötürge · Calculated age 39 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1911 (AH 1329)Kaza KaymakamıHısn-ı Mansur · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Hısn-ı Mansur · Calculated age 40 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Kaza Kaymakamı · 3 career entriesHısn-ı Mansur

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı

      Hısn-ı Mansur · Calculated age 41

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaza Kaymakamı (Azil)

      Hısn-ı Mansur · Calculated age 41

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 41

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesKaza Kaymakamı (Nakil) · 6 career entriesKemah · Carsancak · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Bıhesni · Pötürge · 1,125 kuruş

    1. Kaza Kaymakamı (Nakil)

      Kemah

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Kaza Kaymakamı (Nakil)

      Carsancak

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaza Kaymakamı (Nakil)

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Kaza Kaymakamı (vekalet)

      Bıhesni · 1,125 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Kaza Kaymakamı (vekalet) (Nakil)

      Bıhesni

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    6. Kaza Kaymakamı (Nakil)

      Pötürge

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,0002,0001899/1900AH 13171911AH 13291899/1900 (AH 1317) · Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 28 · 500 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri) · Aleppo (Halep) · age 28 · 0 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri) · Aleppo (Halep) · age 29 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri) · Aleppo (Halep) · age 30 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Vilayet Maiyet Memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Meclis-i İdare Vilayet Müstantikliği (fahri) · Aleppo (Halep) · age 31 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Kaza Kaymakamı · Carsancak · age 33 · 1,080 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Kaza Kaymakamı · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · age 34 · 1,125 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Kaza Kaymakamı · Pötürge · age 39 · 2,000 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Kaza Kaymakamı · Hısn-ı Mansur · age 40 · 2,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Diyarbakır [source]Diyarbekir [1]
Birth province
Diyarbakır [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
Pamukçu esnafı [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Mekteb-i Mülkiye âli şehadetnamesi (3 Haziran 315) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Diyarbekir ibtidai ve rüştiye; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane idadi ve âli [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Halep [source]
First-salary field
500 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
1899/1900 (AH 1317) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 ahval defterlerinde Diyarbekirli yöneticiler

    İSHAK ŞİMŞEK · 2013 · Pages 171, 172, 173, 174

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