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Mehmet Rıfat Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1318–1323

109_98_193Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1277. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1318 (41 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 6 distinct AH years between 1318 and 1323; it begins with Memur in Fatih (300 kuruş monthly). Mevrude Memuru appears later, in AH 1319 (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). The October annual source marks a criminal-record indicator in AH 1323; this is not a lifetime verdict.

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Life and career

6 recorded AH years · 6 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1277
AH 1318Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
AH 1318Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
AH 1319–1323Birth-year difference: 42–46 AH years

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1318

Memur · fatih · 300 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1318 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 300 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded 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 values elsewhere are stored labels.

Places in this record

AH 1318 · 1900 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

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Title Memur → Mevrude Memuru
Locality fatih → dersaadet

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

How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian years are stored dataset labels. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme: Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration: 7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship: 0 source-recorded years
Qualification indicator: 0
Telegraph school indicator: 0
Father’s occupation: Esnaf
Recorded birth year: AH 1277
Religion wording: Musluman
Nationality wording: Turkish

Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date: AH 1318 · 1900 label
Place: istanbul
First-salary field: 300 kuruş
Source: recovered

The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.

Recorded language repertoire

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Further biographical evidence

Source wording and status assertions

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

Logistics

Year-level criminal-record indicator

The October annual source marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1323.

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording	Logistics	september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 32167, 32168, 32170, 32171, 32172 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Memur	eda-memur · currentjob source lines 33153 Recorded source-year values: 1318
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Mevrude Memuru	eda-memur · currentjob source lines 33154, 33155, 33156, 33157, 33158 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Memur	eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 33155 Recorded source-year values: 1318
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Mevrude Memuru	eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 33153, 33154, 33156, 33157, 33158 Recorded source-year values: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 51385
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 53822
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 56215
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 58679
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 60934
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	1	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 62845
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 33153
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 33154
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 33155
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 33156
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 33157
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 33158
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 33153
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 33154
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 33155
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 33156
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 33157
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	eda-memur · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 33158
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 33155
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 33156
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 33157
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 33158
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 33153
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 33154
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 33155
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 33156
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 33157
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 33158
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 33153
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 33154
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1318 · AH source lines 51385
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1319 · AH source lines 53822
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1320 · AH source lines 56215
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1321 · AH source lines 58679
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 · AH source lines 60934
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	1	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1323 · AH source lines 62845
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 32169
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 32170
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 32167
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 32168
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 32171
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1323 · AH source lines 32172
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 32169
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 32170
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 32167
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 32168
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 32171
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	1	september-occupation · criminal AH 1323 · AH source lines 32172

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Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
1900	MemurOriginal: memur	fatih	300	recovered line 30177
1901	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	300	recovered line 30178
1902	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	300	recovered line 30179
1903	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	300	recovered line 30180
1904	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	300	recovered line 30181
1905	Mevrude MemuruOriginal: mevrude memuru	dersaadet	300	recovered line 30182

AH 1318 · 1900 label
Memur
Original title: memur
fatih
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30177
AH 1319 · 1901 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30178
AH 1320 · 1902 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30179
AH 1321 · 1903 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30180
AH 1322 · 1904 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30181
AH 1323 · 1905 label
Mevrude Memuru
Original title: mevrude memuru
dersaadet
300 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 30182

Evidence & edition

Coded extracts, preserved source differences

Collection membership

Website edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
Source editions: older, september, recovered
Annual display source: Recovered merged personnel extract
Paper sample: Included · 6 annual entries
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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All substantive source assertions (80)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1277	recovered · dobirth source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birthplace source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
birthPlace	dersaadet	recovered · birth_place source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
birthProvince	dersaadet	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
school	Rusdiye Mektebi	recovered · school_type source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
schoolingYears	7	recovered · education_year source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
schoolingYears	7	recovered · school_year source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
apprenticeshipYears	0	recovered · mulazemet source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
qualification	0	recovered · qualification source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
derivedQualificationFlag	0	recovered · has_qualification source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
telegraphSchool	0	recovered · telgraf source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
fatherJob	Esnaf	recovered · fatherjob source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
fatherJob	esnaf	recovered · father_job source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
firstWorkH	1318	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
firstWorkG	1900	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
firstWorkSalary	300	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 30177, 30178, 30179, 30180, 30181, 30182
name	Mehmet Rıfat Efendi	september · İsim source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
birthH	1277	september · dobirth source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
birthPlace	dersaadet	september · birthplace source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
birthProvince	dersaadet	september · birth_vilayet source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
school	rusdiye mektebi	september · school_type source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
schoolingYears	7	september · education_year source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · mulazemet source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
apprenticeshipYears	0	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
qualification	0	september · qualification source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
fatherJob	esnaf	september · fatherjob source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
firstWorkH	1318	september · firstjob_year source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	september · firstjob_place source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
firstWorkSalary	300	september · firstjob_wage source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	september · lat_birth_place source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	september · lon_birth_place source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	september · lang_french2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 32167, 32168, 32169, 32170, 32171, 32172
name	Mehmet Rıfat Efendi	older · İsim source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
birthH	1277	older · dobirth source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
birthPlace	dersaadet	older · birthplace source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
birthProvince	dersaadet	older · birth_vilayet source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
school	rusdiye mektebi	older · school_type source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
schoolingYears	7	older · education_year source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
apprenticeshipYears	0	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
qualification	0	older · qualification source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
telegraphSchool	0	older · telgraph_school source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
fatherJob	esnaf	older · fatherjob source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
firstWorkH	1318	older · firstjob_year source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	older · firstjob_place source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
firstWorkSalary	300	older · firstjob_wage source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
birthLatitude	41.08488985821407	older · lat_birth_place source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
birthLongitude	29.056960217582365	older · lon_birth_place source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	older · lang_french2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 12824, 15518, 15728, 17022, 29112, 29113

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Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Rıfat Efendi”, archival reference 109_98_193, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-ec45b7439e8a0b26/.

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