Batavya Başşehbenderi Ahmed Rıfkı Bey

Born 1843/44 (AH 1259) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1858 to 1896 (AH 1275 to 1313)

Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 5, Gömlek No. 16, 3-1.

A short account from recorded fields

Batavya Başşehbenderi Ahmed Rıfkı Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). First work is recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). An early career entry records Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı in Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1858/59 (AH 1275)). Later entries include Tahran Sefareti maslahatgüzarı in Tahran (1883/84 (AH 1301)); Batavya başşehbenderi in Batavya (1895/96 (AH 1313)). Death is recorded in 1895/96 (AH 1313).

Career years represented: 291858 to 1896 (AH 1275 to 1313)
Recorded place labels: 5Locality and province wording retained
Personnel entries: 40Linked to their documentary sources

Life and career

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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.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1858/59 (AH 1275)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 16
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1859/60 (AH 1276) · 10 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285. Gaps remain open.
1. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 17
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  50 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Paris
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
  900 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Paris
  Paris Sefareti ateşesi
  1,100 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Paris
1. Paris Sefareti ateşesi
  1,100 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Paris / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Paris
  Paris Sefareti ateşesi
  1,100 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Paris
  Paris Sefareti ateşesi (Nakil)
  Calculated age 29
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru
  900 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1872/73 (AH 1289) · 6 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru
  900 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru (Nakil)
  Calculated age 30
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1878 (AH 1295)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Batumi (Batum)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi (Nakil)
  Calculated age 36
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Batumi (Batum)
  Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1878/79 (AH 1296) · 4 recorded years
Batumi (Batum)
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
1. Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Batumi (Batum) / Place not recorded / Tahran
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kept as text: Location not recorded; Tahran
1. Batumi (Batum)
  Batum başşehbenderi
  4,000 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Nakil
  Calculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Tahran
  Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 41
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Tahran
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kept as text: Tahran
1. Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahran Sefareti maslahatgüzarı
  5,000 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Place not recorded
Kept as text: Location not recorded
1. Mazuliyet
  1,500 kuruşCalculated age 53
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Batavya / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kept as text: Batavya; Location not recorded
1. Batavya
  Batavya başşehbenderi
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 54
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Vefat
  Calculated age 54
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other 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

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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

Istanbul (Dersaadet)20
1858 to 1878 (AH 1275 to 1295)
Batumi (Batum)6
1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)
Paris3
1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)
Tahran2
1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)
Batavya1
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 1,500
Batumi (Batum)4,000
Paris1,100
Tahran3,000 to 5,000
Batavya3,000

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

Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası mülazımı12
1858 to 1870 (AH 1275 to 1286)
Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi7
1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1295)
Batum başşehbenderi6
1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)
Paris Sefareti ateşesi3
1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)
Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru2
1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289)
Tahran Sefareti başkâtibi2
1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

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: İstanbul[source]
Birth province: Dersaadet[source]
Birth year: 1843/44 (AH 1259)[source]
Archive references: BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 5, Gömlek No. 16, 3-1.[1]

Other recorded details

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

Education and languages

French: Tekellüm ve kitâbet[source][1]
Persian: Tekellüm ve kitâbet[source][1]
Turkish: Tekellüm ve kitâbet[source][1]
Education: Hususi dersler; Vefa Hendesehane-i Mülkiye[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 17[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: İstanbul[source]
First work year: 1858/59 (AH 1275)[source]
Apprenticeship: 2[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 160, 161
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 5, Gömlek No. 16, 3-1.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 29 dated years

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A short account from recorded fields

Life and career

Birth

First work as recorded

Paris Sefareti ateşesi (Nakil)

Bâbıâli Tercüme Odası memuru (Nakil)

Nafia Nezareti birinci mütercimi (Nakil)

Nakil

Mazuliyet

Vefat