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Mehmet Şevket 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. 1885/86 (AH 1303)tahrirat katibi · 2 career entriesMuhayye · 100 kuruş

    1. tahrirat katibi

      Muhayye · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    2. tahrirat katibi (İstifa)

      Muhayye

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür vekili · 2 career entriesBajil (Bacil) · 475 kuruş

    2. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Bajil (Bacil)

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür vekili · 2 career entriesBeytülfakih

    2. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Beytülfakih

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgraf MemuruAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde) · 712 kuruş
  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 500 kuruş
  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuruEdlib · 540; 600 kuruş

    1. telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru

      Edlib · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)telgraf merkezi müdürüHumus · 630 kuruş

    1. telgraf merkezi müdürü

      Humus · 630 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  13. 1900/01 (AH 1318)telgraf merkezi müdürüHumus · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi müdürü

      Humus · 630 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1901/02 (AH 1319)telgraf merkezi müdürüHumus · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf merkezi müdürü

      Humus · 630 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1902/03 (AH 1320)telgraf merkezi müdürü · 2 career entriesHumus · 630 kuruş

    1. telgraf merkezi müdürü

      Humus · 630 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03567121885/86AH 13031902/03AH 13201885/86 (AH 1303) · tahrirat katibi · Muhayye · 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür vekili · Bajil (Bacil) · 475 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgraf Memuru · Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) · 712 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 500 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 600 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · telgraf merkezi sermuhasebe memuru · Edlib · 540 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · telgraf merkezi müdürü · Humus · 630 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · telgraf merkezi müdürü · Humus · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · telgraf merkezi müdürü · Humus · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · telgraf merkezi müdürü · Humus · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Erzincan [source]
Father’s occupation
kaymakam [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD, 43/103 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Abha 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

First work place
Muhayye [source]
First-salary field
100 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1885/86 (AH 1303) [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.

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 kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar

    ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 92, 93

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