Mehmet Rifat Efendi
BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 114_193; 381
Mehmet Rifat Efendi was born in Bagdat in AH 1284 (1867–1868). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Beyrut in AH 1301 (1883–1884), 17 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Rusumat Kalemi” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 2 distinct AH years in AH 1316–1317 (1898–1900); it begins with Posta Memuru in Zor (300 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Kitabet (writing). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.
Recorded preparation
- Birth
- AH 1284 (1867–1868); bagdat
- School / programme
- Rusdiye Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 7 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship duration
- 0 source-recorded years
- Qualification field (recorded code)
- 0
- Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Binbasi
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Recorded language terms
- Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
- Arabic: Kitabet (writing)
First-work fields
- Recorded year
- AH 1301 (1883–1884)
- Place
- beyrut
- First-salary field
- 150 kuruş
- Recorded first-job wording
- Rusumat Kalemi
First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.
Honours, rank and legal records
Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.
Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.
- Rütbe
- 0
- Mecidi nişanı
- 0
- Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
- 0
- Madalya
- 0
- Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
- 0
- Original legal note: “Fesat / arkadaşları aleyhinde bir takım tezviratta bulunduğu sermüfettişlik tarafından icra olunan tahkikattan anlaşılmakla idareten azledilmiş ” (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
- Original legal note (excerpt): “Fesat / memurin ile ahali beynine nifak ilka ve Telgraf Memuriyeti’ni yekdiğeri aleyhine teşvik ile icra-yı fesad ettiği ve bu yüzden merkezi lisana düşürerek s” … (Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy))
The annual personnel records mark “yes for this annual record” in AH 1316 (1898–1899).
- Annual legal indicator · original codes
- 0 / 1
- Personnel legal field · original codes
- 0 / 1
- Additional annual legal field · original codes
- 0 / 2
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
- 1 / 2
- Legal notes (later workbook copy) · legal field (unlabelled original codes)
- 1 / 2
Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes (3 distinct texts), codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.
Annual chronology
2 annual entries in 2 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.
| AH year (Gregorian) | Source G year | Recorded title | Locality / province | Monthly kuruş |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH 1316 (1898–1899) | 1898 | posta memuru | zor Province: zor | 300 |
| AH 1317 (1899–1900) | 1899 | posta memuru | halep Province: halep | 300 |