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Mehmed Ragıb 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine)
  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine) · 20 kuruş

    1. Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeri · 7 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · Skopje (Üsküp) · 20; 30; 250 kuruş

    1. Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19 · 20 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 19

      [1]

    4. Priştine Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    6. Priştine Sancağı Muhasebesi Evrak Mukayyitliği Yardımcısı (Nakil)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Kosova Vilayeti Merkez Ziraat Bankası Şubesi Kâtibi · 3 career entriesSkopje (Üsküp) · 250 kuruş

    1. Kosova Vilayeti Merkez Ziraat Bankası Şubesi Kâtibi

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kosova Vilayeti Merkez Ziraat Bankası Şubesi Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Kumanova Kazası Agnam Başkâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi) · 2 career entriesKumanovo (Kumanova) · Skopje (Üsküp) · 70 kuruş

    1. Kumanova Kazası Agnam Başkâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kumanovo (Kumanova) · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi MübeyyiziSkopje (Üsküp) · 70 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 22 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi · 4 career entriesSkopje (Üsküp) · Štip (İştip) · 70; 150; 280 kuruş

    1. Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 23 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi (Nakil)

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Štip (İştip) · Calculated age 23 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

    4. İştip Kazası Maarif Kâtibi

      Štip (İştip) · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)İştip Kazası Tahrirat KâtibiŠtip (İştip) · 280 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Štip (İştip) · Calculated age 24 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · 5 career entriesŠtip (İştip) · Kaçanik · Tetovo (Kalkandelen) · 240; 280; 320 kuruş

    1. İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Štip (İştip) · Calculated age 25 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Štip (İştip) · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaçanik Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Kaçanik · Calculated age 25 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Kaçanik Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Kaçanik · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesİstifa · 2 career entriesKumanovo (Kumanova) · 100 kuruş

    1. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01603201887/88AH 13051894/95AH 13121887/88 (AH 1305) · Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeri · Pristina (Priştine) · age 18 · 20 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kosova Vilayeti İdare Meclisi Kalemi stajyeri · Pristina (Priştine) · age 19 · 20 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Priştine Sancağı Muhasebesi Evrak Mukayyitliği Yardımcısı · Pristina (Priştine) · age 19 · 30 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kosova Vilayeti Merkez Ziraat Bankası Şubesi Kâtibi · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 19 · 250 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Kosova Vilayeti Merkez Ziraat Bankası Şubesi Kâtibi · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 20 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 21 · 70 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 22 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mübeyyizi · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 23 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · Štip (İştip) · age 23 · 280 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · İştip Kazası Maarif Kâtibi · Štip (İştip) · age 23 · 150 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · Štip (İştip) · age 24 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · İştip Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · Štip (İştip) · age 25 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaçanik Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · Kaçanik · age 25 · 240 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kalkandelen Kazası Tahrirat Kâtibi · Tetovo (Kalkandelen) · age 25 · 320 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Vulçıtrın [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Müderris [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 75-347 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Vulçıtrın Rüştiye 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
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Priştine [source]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.83 [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 220, 221, 222

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