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Mustafa Rıfat Bey

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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Sadaret Telgraf Kalemi çırağıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Mahmud Nedim Paşa kitabet-i hususiyesiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Sancak tahrirat müdürüAmasya
  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Sancak tahrirat müdürüŞanlıurfa (Urfa)
  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Sancak tahrirat müdürüNiğde ve Antalya

    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Niğde ve Antalya · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)KaymakamCide

    1. Kaymakam

      Cide · Calculated age 41

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesTaşköprü · Adana

    1. Kaymakam

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 44

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Vilayet mektupçusu

      Adana · Calculated age 44

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Vilayet mektupçusuTrabzon

    1. Vilayet mektupçusu

      Trabzon · Calculated age 47

      [1]

  9. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Vilayet mektupçusuSuriye

    1. Vilayet mektupçusu

      Suriye · Calculated age 49

      [1]

  10. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Vilayet mektupçusuBeirut (Beyrut)
  11. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tahrirat müdürüSuriye

    1. Tahrirat müdürü

      Suriye · Calculated age 59

      [1]

  12. 1911 (AH 1329)Azil

    1. Azil

      · Calculated age 61

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesMutasarrıf vekili (iki defa) · 3 career entriesHama · Al-Karak (Kerek)

    3. Mutasarrıf vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Al-Karak (Kerek)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Father’s occupation
Erzurum ve Bitlis vilayetleri kapı kethüdası [source]
Archive references
BOA SAD 25/277 [1]BOA SAD 25/ 277-278 [1]BOA SAD 25/277-278 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
yazar [source]
Education
Mahrec-i Aklam [source]
Education level equivalent
9 [source]2 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]

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. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 80, 81

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