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Hocazade Mehmet Cevdet 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 2 career entriesHersek sancağı telgrafhanesi

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Hersek sancağı telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Asker

    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Asker · 2 career entries

    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Onbaşı

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Onbaşı · 2 career entries

    1. Onbaşı

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Vergi kâtibiOraniye nahiyesi · 300 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Oraniye nahiyesi · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesTahrir ve vergi kalemi stajyeriVilayet tahrir ve vergi kalemi

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kalemi stajyeri

      Vilayet tahrir ve vergi kalemi

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001885/86AH 13031885/86 (AH 1303) · Vergi kâtibi · Oraniye nahiyesi · age 24 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstavlice [source]
Birth year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; 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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
hersek [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları

    GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ · 2024 · Pages 58, 59

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