Mustafa Rıfkı Paşa
Born 1841/42 (AH 1257) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1860 to 1900 (AH 1277 to 1317)
Archival references BOA SAD 18 /353; BOA SAD 18/354
The career, year by year
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The life
Mustafa Rıfkı Paşa was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1841/42 (AH 1257). The father’s occupation was Topçu yüzbaşı. Schooling included Harbiye Mektebi. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Dated career entries span 1860/61 (AH 1277) to 1899/1900 (AH 1317) across 15 AH years, beginning with Erkân-ı Harbiye yüzbaşısı and ending with entries for Drama sancağı mutasarrıfı. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Beşinci Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi, Altıncı Talia taburu, Üçüncü Nizamiye Alayı and Yedinci Ordu birinci alay and 10 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 17 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 17 · 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.
6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1841/42 (AH 1257)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1860/61 (AH 1277)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
Place not recorded
Erkân-ı Harbiye yüzbaşısı
Calculated age 20
3 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Beşinci Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Not yet located on the map: Beşinci Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Erkân-ı Harbiye kolağası
Calculated age 22
4 1863/64 (AH 1280)
Altıncı Talia taburu
Not yet located on the map: Altıncı Talia taburu
Binbaşı
Calculated age 23
5 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Üçüncü Nizamiye Alayı
Not yet located on the map: Üçüncü Nizamiye Alayı
Kaymakam
Calculated age 30
6 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Yedinci Ordu birinci alay
Not yet located on the map: Yedinci Ordu birinci alay
Miralay
Calculated age 32
7 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Seraskerî Piyade Dairesi birinci şube müdürü
Calculated age 39
8 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Prizren
Mirliva, dokuzuncu liva kumandanı ve Prizren Divan-ı Harb reisi
Calculated age 40
9 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Kosova
Not yet located on the map: Kosova
Kosova fırka-i askeriyesi idare reisi
Calculated age 41
10 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) / Prizren
Within-year entry order unresolved
Yenipazar kumandanı
Calculated age 42
Prizren kumandanı
Calculated age 42
11 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Elassona (Alasonya)
Alasonya kumandanı
Calculated age 43
12 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Genç
Genç sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 47
13 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Siird mutasarrıfı (Azil)
Calculated age 49
14 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place not recorded / Genç / Cebeli bereket
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
Genç sancağı mutasarrıfı (Azil)
Calculated age 54
Cebel-i Bereket mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 54
15 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Zor
Zor sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 56
16 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Muş
Muş sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 58
17 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Drama
Drama sancağı mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 60
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Genç sancağı mutasarrıfı · Genç · 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 officialsAleksan Efendi born 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Genç1 other officialMehmed Şevket Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Harbiye Mektebi1 other officialSüleyman Paşa birth year not recorded; no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Schooling Harbiye Mektebi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn
FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 51, 52, 53
¹⁷² Hakkında rüşvet ve suistimalden dolayı tahkikatın devam etmesi ve mahkeme sonucuna göre 13 Rebiü'l-evvel 311'de azl edilmiştir. Ancak Cemâziye'l-âhirin dördüne kadar Genç Sancağı mutasarrıflığını vekâleten idare etmiştir. 25 Şevval 1312 tarihinde Havran Sancağı mutasarrıflığına tayin edilmiş ve görev yerine gitmeyi ertelemesi üzerine 15 Zilkâde'de infisal etmiştir. ( BOA SAD 18 /353); 173 17 Zilhicce 1312'de üçüncü rütbeden Osmanî nişanı, 2 Şevval 1315'de Rumeli Beylerbeyliği payesi tevcih buyurulmuştur. ( BOA SAD 18/354); BOA SAD 18/354
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 16 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 20 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.