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Mehmed Ökkeş 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. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tahrirat kâtibiRaqqa (Rakka) · 250 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat kâtibi

      Raqqa (Rakka) · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tahrirat kâtibi · 2 career entriesRaqqa (Rakka) · 250 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat kâtibi

      Raqqa (Rakka) · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kâtibi (Azil)

      Raqqa (Rakka) · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Kaza kâtibiJisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · 125 kuruş
    1. Kaza kâtibi

      Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · Calculated age 21 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Tahsilat müfettişi (Nakil) · 2 career entriesCebel-i Sem'an · Raqqa (Rakka)
    1. Tahsilat müfettişi (Nakil)

      Cebel-i Sem'an · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tahsilat müfettişi (İnfisal)Raqqa (Rakka)
    1. Tahsilat müfettişi (İnfisal)

      Raqqa (Rakka) · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesKaza kâtibi (Nakil) · 5 career entriesJisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · Belen · Cebel-i Sem'an · Pazarcık
    1. Kaza kâtibi (Nakil)

      Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Tahsilat müfettişi

      Belen

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    3. Tahsilat müfettişi (Nakil)

      Belen

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501899/1900AH 13171901/02AH 13191899/1900 (AH 1317) · Tahrirat kâtibi · Raqqa (Rakka) · age 19 · 250 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Tahrirat kâtibi · Raqqa (Rakka) · age 20 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Kaza kâtibi · Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · age 21 · 125 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kilis [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİDd. 156/233 [1]DH. SAİDd. 157/193 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Rüşdiyeyi hastalık nedeniyle tamamlamadan bıraktı [source]
Education
Kilis sıbyan mektebi; Kilis rüşdiye mektebi [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Rakka [source]
First-salary field
250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1899/1900 (AH 1317) [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. Sicili Ahval kayıtlarına göre Kilisli memurlar

    MEHMET YILMAZ · 2022 · Pages 91, 92

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