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Mustafa Tevfik 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. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · 750 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · Calculated age 30 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · Calculated age 31 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · 675; 750 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · Calculated age 32 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · Calculated age 32 · 675 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuruYemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · 675 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · Calculated age 33 · 675 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruKal'a-i Sultani · Ankara · 400; 475 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Kal'a-i Sultani · Calculated age 34 · 475 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 34 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuruAnkara · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesAnkara · Ab kazası · 400; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru

      Ankara · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuru

      Ab kazası · Calculated age 39 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001894/95AH 13121903/04AH 13211894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · age 30 · 750 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · age 31 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · age 32 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · age 32 · 675 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yemen Telgraf ve Posta merkezi · age 33 · 675 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Kal'a-i Sultani · age 34 · 475 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 34 · 400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 35 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 37 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 38 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi ve muhabere memuru · Ankara · age 39 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta merkezi muhasebe memuru · Ab kazası · age 39 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
İmam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.237 [1]BOA, DH. SAİD, nr.67, s.237 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Soğukçeşme Rüşdiyesi [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
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul Telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1891/92 (AH 1309) [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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 142, 143, 144

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