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Mehmet Sait Bey

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. 1880/81 (AH 1298)mektubi kalemi stajyeriSivas

    1. mektubi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)mektubi kalemi stajyeri · 2 career entriesSivas

    1. mektubi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. mektubi kalemi stajyeri (Nakil)

      Sivas · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mal Müdürü MuaviniKocgiri · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Mal Müdürü MuaviniKocgiri · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Mal Müdürü MuaviniKocgiri · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Mal Müdürü MuaviniKocgiri · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mal Müdürü MuaviniKocgiri · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Mal Müdürü Muavini · 2 career entriesKocgiri · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. mal müdürü muavini (İnfisal)

      Kocgiri · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. Undated entriestahrir-i nüfus komisyonu muvakkat kâtibi · 6 career entriesSivas merkez kazası · Sivas · Tokat · Elazığ · 500; 750; 900 kuruş

    1. tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu muvakkat kâtibi

      Sivas merkez kazası · 750 kuruş

      [1]

    3. nüfus memuru

      Tokat · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    6. nüfus nazırı (İstifa)

      Elazığ

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001886/87AH 13041891/92AH 13091886/87 (AH 1304) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 26 · 500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 27 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Kocgiri · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00108, s.97 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bir miktar okumuş [source]
Persian
bir miktar okumuş [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas [source]
First work year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 295, 296

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