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MEHMED SIDKI EFENDİ

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. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiVarna · 50 kuruş

    1. Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Varna · Calculated age 17 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · 3 career entriesVarna · 50; 150 kuruş

    1. Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Varna · Calculated age 18 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi (Nakil)

      Varna · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruş

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · 2 career entriesVarna · Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları · 300 kuruş

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Menafi sandıkları defterlerinin tarif ve tanzimi

      Varna Sancağı mülhak kazaları · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  11. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Menafi Sandığı kâtibiVarna · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1878 (AH 1295)Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · 3 career entriesVarna · 300; 600 kuruş

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Infisal

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  15. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımıHüdavendigâr

    1. Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı

      Hüdavendigâr · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  16. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesHüdavendigâr · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruş

    1. Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı

      Hüdavendigâr · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Müddeiumumi Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Hüdavendigâr · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 33 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 34 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 35 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 36 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 37 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 38 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 39 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · 3 career entriesYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 225; 400 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 40 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 40

      [1]

    3. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 40 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  24. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · 4 career entriesYenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 41 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Menafi Sandığı kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Nakil

      · Calculated age 41

      [1]

    4. Banka Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001865/66AH 12821888/89AH 13061865/66 (AH 1282) · Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Varna · age 17 · 50 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Varna Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Varna · age 18 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1866/67 (AH 1283) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 18 · 150 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 20 · 300 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 26 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 27 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Varna · age 30 · 600 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 33 · 225 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 34 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 35 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 36 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 37 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 38 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 39 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 40 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 40 · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 41 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Menafi Sandığı kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 41 · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Banka Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Yenişehir (Ertuğrul Sancağı) · age 41 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth year
1848/49 (AH 1265) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 95/185 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Varna Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Varna [source]
First-salary field
50 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
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.75 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 157, 158

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