Individual dossier

Refet Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1287–1323 (1870–1906)

54_106; 209/210Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Refet Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1266 (1849–1850). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1287 (1870–1871), 21 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Telgraf” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 36 distinct AH years in AH 1287–1323 (1870–1906), with gaps; it begins with Sevk Kalemi in Dersaadet (250 kuruş monthly). Muhasebe Kalemi appears later, in AH 1311 (1893–1894), with 1,100 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

36 recorded AH years · 36 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1266 (1849–1850)
AH 1287 (1870–1871)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1287 (1870–1871)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1288 (1871–1872)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1290–1291 (1873–1875)Birth-year difference: 24–25 AH years
AH 1292–1302 (1875–1885)Birth-year difference: 26–36 AH years
AH 1303–1306 (1885–1889)Birth-year difference: 37–40 AH years
AH 1307 (1889–1890)Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
AH 1308–1309 (1890–1892)Birth-year difference: 42–43 AH years
AH 1310 (1892–1893)Birth-year difference: 44 AH years
AH 1311–1323 (1893–1906)Birth-year difference: 45–57 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1287 (1870–1871)

Sevk Kalemi · dersaadet · 250 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1287 (1870–1871) in istanbul (Telgraf). The first-salary field is 250 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1287 (1870–1871)Telgrafistanbul

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 spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

No annual entries for AH 1288 (1871–1872). Changes span the gap.
Title Sevk Kalemi → Mukayyit
Locality dersaadet → istanbul
Title Mukayyit → Posta Memuru
Salary 250 to 400 kuruş +150 (+60%)
Title Posta Memuru → Muhasebe Kalemi
Salary 400 to 440 kuruş +40 (+10%)
Salary 440 to 600 kuruş +160 (+36.36%)
Salary 600 to 750 kuruş +150 (+25%)
Salary 750 to 600 kuruş -150 (-20%)
Salary 600 to 650 kuruş +50 (+8.33%)
Locality istanbul → yeni camii postanesi
Salary 650 to 740 kuruş +90 (+13.85%)
Salary 740 to 1,000 kuruş +260 (+35.14%)
Locality yeni camii postanesi → hudavendigar
Locality hudavendigar → istanbul
Locality istanbul → dersaadet
Salary 1,000 to 1,100 kuruş +100 (+10%)
Locality dersaadet → istanbul
Salary 1,100 to 1,450 kuruş +350 (+31.82%)
Salary 1,450 to 1,305 kuruş -145 (-10%)
Salary 1,305 to 1,350 kuruş +45 (+3.45%)
Salary 1,350 to 1,400 kuruş +50 (+3.7%)
Salary 1,400 to 1,480 kuruş +80 (+5.71%)

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

Places in this record

AH 1287 (1870–1871)Telgrafistanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 54_106; 209/210

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · Associated source-year values: 1288
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1288 (1871–1872)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1287 (1870–1871), AH 1289–1309 (1872–1892), AH 1311–1323 (1893–1906)

Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1287 (1870–1871), AH 1289–1309 (1872–1892), AH 1311–1323 (1893–1906) · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.