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Mehmed 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Kurayla askerlik
    1. Kurayla askerlik

      · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Rüsumat Müdürlüğü daimi piyade kolcusuSilifke · 150 kuruş
  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısıSilifke · 190 kuruş
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı

      Silifke · Calculated age 30 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısıSilifke · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı

      Silifke · Calculated age 31 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısıSilifke · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı

      Silifke · Calculated age 32 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı · 3 career entriesSilifke · 190; 250; 300 kuruş
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı

      Silifke · Calculated age 33 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibiSilifke · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi

      Silifke · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi · 4 career entriesSilifke · Anamur · 300; 400 kuruş
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi

      Silifke · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-u Umumiye memur vekili (İnfisal)

      Silifke · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Düyun-u Umumiye memuruAnamur · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Düyun-u Umumiye memuruAnamur · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Düyun-u Umumiye memuruAnamur · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Düyun-u Umumiye memuruAnamur · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · 2 career entriesAnamur · Yumurtalık · 300; 400 kuruş
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye memuru

      Anamur · Calculated age 40 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesRüsumat Müdürlüğü kantarcısı · 4 career entriesSilifke · 150 kuruş
    1. Rüsumat Müdürlüğü kantarcısı (İnfisal)

      Silifke

      [1]

    2. Redif sınıfına nakil ve tezkere alma (İnfisal)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001888/89AH 13061899/1900AH 13171888/89 (AH 1306) · Rüsumat Müdürlüğü daimi piyade kolcusu · Silifke · age 29 · 150 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı · Silifke · age 30 · 190 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı · Silifke · age 31 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı · Silifke · age 32 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı · Silifke · age 33 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi · Silifke · age 33 · 250 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi · Silifke · age 33 · 300 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi · Silifke · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti kantarcısı ve kâtibi · Silifke · age 35 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 35 · 400 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 37 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 38 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 39 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Düyun-u Umumiye memuru · Anamur · age 40 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Düyun-u Umumiye Memuriyeti Milli Kitabet Kantarcılığı · Yumurtalık · age 40 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silifke [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mahalle sıbyan mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Silifke [source]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Silifkeli devlet adamları

    FATİH ALTINTAŞ · 2023 · Pages 88, 89

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