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Mehmed Durdu Efendi (H.1285)

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)Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)

    1. Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)

      · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Görevin sona ermesi

    1. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  3. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Vergi kâtibiAğın · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Ağın · Calculated age 41 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesTahrirat ve mal kalemleri mülazımı · 3 career entriesElbistan · Mamuratülaziz

Recorded pay

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

01252501908/09AH 13261908/09 (AH 1326) · Vergi kâtibi · Ağın · age 41 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Elbistan İbtidai ve Rüşdi mektepleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Elbistan [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 66

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