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Mehmed 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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Gönüllü asker

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Gönüllü asker · 4 career entriesKale-i Sultaniye · Koloniya · 300 kuruş

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Gönüllü asker (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    3. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Müdürlüğü stajyeri

      Kale-i Sultaniye · Calculated age 29

      [1]

    4. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi

      Koloniya · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibiKoloniya · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi

      Koloniya · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi · 5 career entriesKoloniya · Ayvalık · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi

      Koloniya · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Koloniya · Calculated age 31

      [1]

    3. Seferberlik askeri

      · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    4. Seferberlik askeri (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  12. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Merkez Müdürlüğü kâtip vekili (İnfisal) · 4 career entriesBergama · Mytilene (Midilli) · Ayvalık · 500 kuruş

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Merkez Müdürlüğü kâtip vekili (İnfisal)

      Bergama · Calculated age 32

      [1]

    3. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye varidat (…) kâtip vekili (İnfisal)

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili

      Ayvalık · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili · 4 career entriesAyvalık · Mytilene (Midilli) · 100; 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili

      Ayvalık · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili (İnfisal)

      Ayvalık · Calculated age 33

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    4. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili

      Ayvalık · Calculated age 33 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Nezareti Tahriratı ikinci mübeyyiniMytilene (Midilli)
  15. Undated entriesDuyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtip vekili (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesAyvalık · Bergama

    1. Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtip vekili (İnfisal)

      Ayvalık

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001895/96AH 13131899/1900AH 13171895/96 (AH 1313) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi · Koloniya · age 29 · 300 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi · Koloniya · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye Sayd-ı Mâhi kâtibi · Koloniya · age 31 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtip vekili · Ayvalık · age 31 · 400 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili · Ayvalık · age 32 · 500 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili · Ayvalık · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye üçüncü kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 33 · 300 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Duyûn-ı Umûmiyye ikinci kâtip vekili · Ayvalık · age 33 · 100 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Burdur [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 132, s. 399 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye mezunu [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Rüşdiye mezunu [source]
Education
Mahalle Sıbyan Mektebi; 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
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kale-i Sultaniye [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)

    ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 180, 181

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