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Mehmed Said Efendi

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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Maliye kalemi mülazımıTaşköprü

    1. Maliye kalemi mülazımı

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Maliye kalemi mülazımı · 4 career entriesTaşköprü

    1. Maliye kalemi mülazımı

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    4. Maliye kalemi mülazımı

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Maliye kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesTaşköprü · Devrekâni · 300 kuruş

    1. Maliye kalemi mülazımı

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Devrekâni · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiDevrekâni · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Devrekâni · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · 2 career entriesDevrekâni · Akkaya · 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Devrekâni · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir kâtibi

      Akkaya · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tahrir kâtibiAkkaya · Küçükağaç · 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrir kâtibi

      Akkaya · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir kâtibi

      Küçükağaç · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  7. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tahsil memuruTaşköprü

    1. Tahsil memuru

      Taşköprü · Calculated age 38

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001889/90AH 13071892/93AH 13101889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Devrekâni · age 20 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Devrekâni · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Devrekâni · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrir kâtibi · Akkaya · age 22 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrir kâtibi · Akkaya · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrir kâtibi · Küçükağaç · age 23 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Taşköprü [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Saray-ı Hümayun kayıkçısı, emekli [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,176/275 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Temel dinî öğrenim; rüşdiyede kısmi tahsil [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]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
Taşköprü [source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 kayıtlarına göre Taşköprülü memurlar

    VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 134, 135

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