Mustafa Rıfat Bey
Born 1851/52 (AH 1268) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1869 to 1911 (AH 1286 to 1329)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA SAD 25/277; BOA SAD 25/ 277-278; BOA SAD 25/277-278
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Rıfat Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The father’s occupation was Erzurum ve Bitlis vilayetleri kapı kethüdası. Schooling included Mahrec-i Aklam. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 11 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Suriye, beginning with Sadaret Telgraf Kalemi çırağı and ending with entries for Tahrirat müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Amasya, Şanlıurfa (Urfa) and Niğde ve Antalya and 6 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 13 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 13 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Sadaret Telgraf Kalemi çırağı
Calculated age 18
3 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmud Nedim Paşa kitabet-i hususiyesi
Calculated age 22
4 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Amasya
Sancak tahrirat müdürü
Calculated age 31
5 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Sancak tahrirat müdürü
Calculated age 33
6 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Niğde ve Antalya
Not yet located on the map: Niğde ve Antalya
Sancak tahrirat müdürü
Calculated age 38
7 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Cide
Kaymakam
Calculated age 41
8 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Taşköprü / Adana
Within-year entry order unresolved
Kaymakam
Calculated age 44
Vilayet mektupçusu
Calculated age 44
9 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Trabzon
Vilayet mektupçusu
Calculated age 47
10 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Suriye
Not yet located on the map: Suriye
Vilayet mektupçusu
Calculated age 49
11 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Beirut (Beyrut)
Vilayet mektupçusu
Calculated age 58
12 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Suriye
Not yet located on the map: Suriye
Tahrirat müdürü
Calculated age 59
13 1911 (AH 1329)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 61
3 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Mutasarrıf vekili (iki defa) · Hama · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mutasarrıf vekili · Al-Karak (Kerek) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mutasarrıf vekili (Görevin sona ermesi) · Al-Karak (Kerek) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
No annual salary observations are available for this official.
Career patterns and pay
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Istanbul665 other officialsAli Gâlib Bey born 1851/52 (AH 1268); highest salary 23,000 kuruş
- Istanbul120 other officialsAhmed Ârifî Paşa 2 shared years; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
- Mahrec-i Aklam1 other officialHAÇİK EFENDİ born 1855/56 (AH 1272); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn
FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 80, 81
337 2 Şa'ban 1309'da Daday, becayiş suretiyle 13 Safer 1312'de Taşköprü Kazaları kaymakamlıklarına tayin olunmuştur. (BOA SAD 25/277) 21 Receb 1312'de Adana Vilâyeti mektubculuğuna nakl, 1315 Şa'banının ilk günü becayişen Trabzon, 26 Safer 1317'de Suriye, 5 Zilhicce 1326'da Beyrut mektubculuklarına nakl buyurulmuş, iki def'a Hama Sancağı ve 1325-26'ya kadar Kerek mutasarrıflık vekaletlerinde bulunmuştur. 3 Ramazan 1327'de Suriye Tahrirat Müdürlüğü'ne nakl olunmuştur. İktidarsızlığı ve muhalif hal ve hareketlerinin Suriye Vilayeti'nden işaret edilmesi üzerine 29 Cemâziye'l-evel 1329'da azl edilmiştir. ( BOA SAD 25/ 277-278); BOA SAD 25/277; BOA SAD 25/277-278
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 12 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.