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Ahmed Tevfik Efendi

Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Bursa · Career evidence 1863 to 1891 (AH 1280 to 1308)

Archival reference 41/167; 331

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  1. 1847/48 (AH 1264)

    Birth

    Bursa

  2. 1863/64 (AH 1280)

    First work as recorded

    Bitola (Manastır)

  1. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Manastır tahrir kalemi (mülazemet)Bitola (Manastır)

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  2. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Cezayir Bahr-i sefid vilâyet-i tezkire mümeyyizliği · 4 career entries · 52.5; 58; 250; 350 kuruş

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  3. 1867/68 (AH 1284)İstifa · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 300 kuruş

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  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Selanik vilâyeti seyyar fırkası muharrer-i sânîliğiThessaloniki (Selanik) · 500 kuruş

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  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)vilâyet-i mezbure dördüncü fırka muharrer-i evvelliğiSelanik vilâyeti · 800 kuruş

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  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Manastır vilâyeti on dördüncü fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · 3 career entriesBitola (Manastır) · Manastır vilâyeti · 800; 1,200 kuruş

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  7. 1877/78 (AH 1294)İzmir on altıncı fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · 1,200 kuruş

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  8. 1878 (AH 1295)İzmir on altıncı fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · 3 career entriesMuğla · 400; 1,200 kuruş

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  9. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Muğla kazası daire-i belediyesi sandık eminliğiyle kitabeti · 2 career entriesMuğla · 400 kuruş

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  10. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbetiBeykoz · 300 kuruş

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  11. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbetiBeykoz · 300; 400 kuruş

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  12. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbetiBeykoz · 400 kuruş

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  13. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbetiBeykoz · 400 kuruş

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  14. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbetiBeykoz · 400 kuruş

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  15. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · 3 career entriesBeykoz · Gemlik · 400 kuruş

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  16. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Gemlik kazası reji idaresinin zirâî muâmelâtıyla muhâberat Türki kitâbeti · 3 career entriesGemlik · 400 kuruş

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  17. 1886/87 (AH 1304)İzmid sancağı tahrir fırka-yı seyyaresi muharrir-i sânîliği · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400; 500 kuruş

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  18. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

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  19. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

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  20. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

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  21. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

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

06001,2001866/67AH 12831878/79AH 12961890/91AH 13081866/67 (AH 1283) · Cezayir Bahr-i sefid vilâyet-i tezkire mümeyyizliği · age 19 · 350 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Cezayir Bahr-i sefid vilâyet-i tezkire mümeyyizliği · age 19 · 52.5 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Cezayir Bahr-i sefid vilâyet-i tezkire mümeyyizliği · age 19 · 58 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Kıbrıs cezîresi mesahıllığı · age 19 · 250 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · İzmir tahrir kalemi mukayyidliği · Izmir (İzmir) · age 20 · 300 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Selanik vilâyeti seyyar fırkası muharrer-i sânîliği · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 22 · 500 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · vilâyet-i mezbure dördüncü fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · Selanik vilâyeti · age 28 · 800 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Manastır vilâyeti on dördüncü fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · Bitola (Manastır) · age 29 · 800 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · vilâyet-i mezbure üçüncü fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · Manastır vilâyeti · age 29 · 1,200 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · İzmir on altıncı fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · age 29 · 1,200 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · İzmir on altıncı fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · age 30 · 1,200 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · İzmir on altıncı fırka muharrer-i evvelliği · age 31 · 1,200 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Muğla kazası daire-i belediyesi sandık eminliğiyle kitabeti · Muğla · age 31 · 400 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muğla kazası daire-i belediyesi sandık eminliğiyle kitabeti · Muğla · age 32 · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 33 · 300 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 34 · 300 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 34 · 400 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 35 · 400 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 36 · 400 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 37 · 400 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Beykoz kazası vergi kitâbeti · Beykoz · age 38 · 400 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Gemlik kazası reji idaresinin zirâî muâmelâtıyla muhâberat Türki kitâbeti · Gemlik · age 38 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Gemlik kazası reji idaresinin zirâî muâmelâtıyla muhâberat Türki kitâbeti · Gemlik · age 39 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · İzmid sancağı tahrir fırka-yı seyyaresi muharrir-i sânîliği · age 39 · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · İzmid sancağı tahrir fırka-yı seyyaresi muharrir-i sânîliği · age 40 · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 40 · 500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 41 · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 500 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 43 · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Dersaâdet tahrir-i emlak muhammenliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 44 · 500 kuruş

Points show amounts attached to dated career entries, including labelled continuing-service and reconstructed years. Separate rates within a year remain separate; the points do not measure annual receipts or total earnings.

Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

BursaIstanbul (Dersaadet)ManastırIzmir (İzmir)Thessaloniki (Selanik)MuğlaBeykozGemlik
BursaIstanbul (Dersaadet)ManastırIzmir (İzmir)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Muğla

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Not drawn. No position recorded: Selanik vilâyeti, Manastır vilâyeti.

Some locality or province names have no agreed point position. They remain in the chronology and list; they are not placed at a guessed provincial capital.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

BursaSupporting accounts

Birth year

1847/48 (AH 1264)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

Kurşuncu ustasıSupporting accounts

Religion

İslamSupporting accounts

Archive references

41/167; 331[1]

Education and languages

Turkish

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okur yazar[1]

Education

Bursa sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i rüşdiyeSupporting accounts

Education level equivalent

7Supporting accounts

The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

16Supporting accounts

Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place

ManastırSupporting accounts

First work year

1863/64 (AH 1280)Supporting accounts

Apprenticeship

2.5Supporting accounts

Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 78,79

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