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MEHMED ARĠF 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Divan-ı Temyiz yazı işleri stajyeri · 5 career entriesEdirne · 20; 150; 180; 350 kuruş

    2. Divan-ı Temyiz yazı işleri

      Edirne · Calculated age 15 · 20 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Divan-ı Temyiz yazı işleri

      Edirne · Calculated age 15 · 180 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      Edirne · Calculated age 15 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı

      Edirne · Calculated age 15 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesEdirne · 150; 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      Edirne · Calculated age 16 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı

      Edirne · Calculated age 16 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesEdirne · 150; 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      Edirne · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı

      Edirne · Calculated age 17 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesEdirne · 150; 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      Edirne · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı

      Edirne · Calculated age 18 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 4 career entriesEdirne · Eslimiye · 150; 350; 450 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      Edirne · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı

      Edirne · Calculated age 19 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi

      Eslimiye · Calculated age 19 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi · 5 career entriesEslimiye · Edirne · Haleb · 100; 300; 450 kuruş

    1. Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi

      Eslimiye · Calculated age 20 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet gazetesi başyazarı

      Edirne · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Eslimiye müsevvidliği ve gazete görevlerinden ayrılış (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    4. Haleb ortaokulu rik'a hattı öğretmeni

      Haleb · Calculated age 20 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    5. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi

      Haleb · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · 2 career entriesHaleb · 360; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi

      Haleb · Calculated age 21 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Said Paşa maiyetinde komiserlik yazı işleri memuru

      Haleb · Calculated age 21 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · 4 career entriesHaleb · İskenderun · 360; 480; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi

      Haleb · Calculated age 22 · 360 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi

      Haleb · Calculated age 22 · 480 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi

      Haleb · Calculated age 22 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  9. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Cidde vali kaymakamıJeddah (Cidde) · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Cidde vali kaymakamı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 28 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Cidde vali kaymakamıJeddah (Cidde) · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cidde vali kaymakamı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 29 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Cidde vali kaymakamıJeddah (Cidde) · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cidde vali kaymakamı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 30 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Cidde vali kaymakamı · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Cidde vali kaymakamı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 31 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfıMaden · 4,000 kuruş

    1. Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Maden · Calculated age 33 · 4,000 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfıMaden · 4,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Maden · Calculated age 34 · 4,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfıMaden · 4,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Maden · Calculated age 35 · 4,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfıMaden · 4,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Maden · Calculated age 36 · 4,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesMaden · Muş · 4,000 kuruş

    1. Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Maden · Calculated age 37 · 4,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Muş Sancağı mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesMuş · Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)

    1. Muş Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Muş · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Bayezid Sancağı mutasarrıfı · 3 career entriesDoğubayazıt (Bayezid) · 1,875 kuruş

    1. Bayezid Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 39

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bayezid mutasarrıflığından azil (Azil)

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 39

      [1]

    3. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 39 · 1,875 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  20. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Mutasarrıflıktan ayrılış (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesDoğubayazıt (Bayezid) · 1,800 kuruş

    1. Mutasarrıflıktan ayrılış (İnfisal)

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 44

      [1]

    2. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 44 · 1,800 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  21. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Dersim Sancağı mutasarrıfıDersim · 5,400 kuruş

    1. Dersim Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Dersim · Calculated age 46 · 5,400 kuruş

      [1]

  22. Undated entriesMeriç gazetesi yazarı

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

02,7005,4001873/74AH 12901903/04AH 13211873/74 (AH 1290) · Divan-ı Temyiz yazı işleri · Edirne · age 15 · 20 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Divan-ı Temyiz yazı işleri · Edirne · age 15 · 180 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · Edirne · age 15 · 150 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı · Edirne · age 15 · 350 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · Edirne · age 16 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı · Edirne · age 16 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · Edirne · age 17 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı · Edirne · age 17 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · Edirne · age 18 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı · Edirne · age 18 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · Edirne · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Vilayet gazetesi başyazar yardımcısı · Edirne · age 19 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi · Eslimiye · age 19 · 450 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Eslimiye Sancağı müsevvidi · Eslimiye · age 20 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Haleb ortaokulu rik'a hattı öğretmeni · Haleb · age 20 · 100 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · Haleb · age 20 · 300 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · Haleb · age 21 · 360 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Said Paşa maiyetinde komiserlik yazı işleri memuru · Haleb · age 21 · 1,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · Haleb · age 22 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi müsevvidi · Haleb · age 22 · 480 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi · Haleb · age 22 · 1,200 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Cidde vali kaymakamı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 28 · 5,000 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Cidde vali kaymakamı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 29 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Cidde vali kaymakamı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 30 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Cidde vali kaymakamı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 31 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Maden · age 33 · 4,000 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Maden · age 34 · 4,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Maden · age 35 · 4,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Maden · age 36 · 4,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Maden Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Maden · age 37 · 4,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Mazuliyet · age 39 · 1,875 kuruş · Career status entry1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mazuliyet · age 44 · 1,800 kuruş · Career status entry1903/04 (AH 1321) · Dersim Sancağı mutasarrıfı · Dersim · age 46 · 5,400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Hassa [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 22/62 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Edirne ortaokulu diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Niş ilkokulu; Edirne ortaokulu [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Edirne [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

    SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 109, 110, 111

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