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Mehmed Ruşen 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. 1878/79 (AH 1296)İlim talebelerine ders verme · 2 career entriesTrabzon

    2. Vaizlik

      Trabzon · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Vilayet mülhakatında gezici vaizlik · 2 career entriesTrabzon vilayeti mülhakatı · Trabzon

    1. Vilayet mülhakatında gezici vaizlik

      Trabzon vilayeti mülhakatı · Calculated age 37

      [1]

    2. Ahz-ı asker meclisi üyeliği

      Trabzon · Calculated age 37

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  3. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Merkez vilayet müderrisliğiTrabzon · 300 kuruş

    1. Merkez vilayet müderrisliği

      Trabzon · Calculated age 60 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Saraçzade Medresesi vekil müderrisliğiSaraçzade Medresesi, Trabzon

    1. Saraçzade Medresesi vekil müderrisliği

      Saraçzade Medresesi, Trabzon · Calculated age 61

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesEvkaf komisyonu üyeliğiTrabzon

Recorded pay

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

01503001909/10AH 13271909/10 (AH 1327) · Merkez vilayet müderrisliği · Trabzon · age 60 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Hanka [source]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267) [source]
Father’s occupation
Alım-satım [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetname; Bursa ruusu [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Mukaddemat-ı ulum; nutka kadar ders; ikmal-i nesh [source]
Education
Trabzon İskender Paşa Mahallesi ibtidai mektepleri; Saraçzade Medresesi; Çarşı Medresesi [source]
Education level equivalent
29 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Trabzon [source]
First work year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [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. Meşîhat arşivi'ne göre Gümüşhaneli son dönem Osmanlı ulemâsı

    YUNUS EMRE NAYİR · 2025 · Pages 54, 55, 56, 57

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