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Mehmet Vasfi 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. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İkinci KâtibiKars · 150 kuruş
  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Rüsumat MüdürüArpaçay · 370 kuruş
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Rüsumat MüdürüArpaçay · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Rüsumat MüdürüArpaçay · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Rüsumat MüdürüArpaçay · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Rüsumat MüdürüArpaçay · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Rüsumat Müdürü · 3 career entriesArpaçay · Erzurum · 370; 500 kuruş
    1. Rüsumat Müdürü

      Arpaçay · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat Müdürü (Azil)

      Arpaçay

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Üçüncü Duhan Fabrikası Memuru · 4 career entriesErzurum · Muş · 500; 710 kuruş
    1. Üçüncü Duhan Fabrikası Memuru

      Erzurum · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Üçüncü Duhan Fabrikası Memuru (İnfisal)

      Erzurum

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü (İnfisal)

      Muş

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Memlaha MemuruSaid ili · 170 kuruş
    1. Memlaha Memuru

      Said ili · 170 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Memlaha Memuru · 2 career entriesSaid ili · 170 kuruş
    1. Memlaha Memuru

      Said ili · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Memlaha Memuru (Nakil)

      Said ili

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  11. 1878 (AH 1295)Memlaha MemuruKırmızı · 710 kuruş
    1. Memlaha Memuru

      Kırmızı · 710 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Memlaha Memuru · 3 career entriesKırmızı · Bayezit · 710; 800 kuruş
    1. Memlaha Memuru

      Kırmızı · 710 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Memlaha Memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kırmızı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü

      Bayezit · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü (Görevin sona ermesi)Bayezit
    1. Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Bayezit

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Düyun-u Umumiye Müdürü · 2 career entriesBitlis · 500 kuruş
    1. Düyun-u Umumiye Müdürü (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Bitlis

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  15. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Kaza Nüfus MemuruAğrı (Karakilise) · 250 kuruş
  16. Undated entriesSancak Rüsumat Müdürü (İnfisal)Bayezit
    1. Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü (İnfisal)

      Bayezit

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001863/64AH 12801890/91AH 13081863/64 (AH 1280) · Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İkinci Kâtibi · Kars · 150 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Rüsumat Müdürü · Arpaçay · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Üçüncü Duhan Fabrikası Memuru · Erzurum · 500 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Üçüncü Duhan Fabrikası Memuru · Erzurum · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü · Muş · 710 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Memlaha Memuru · Said ili · 170 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Memlaha Memuru · Said ili · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Memlaha Memuru · Kırmızı · 710 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Memlaha Memuru · Kırmızı · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Sancak Rüsumat Müdürü · Bayezit · 800 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Düyun-u Umumiye Müdürü · Bitlis · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kaza Nüfus Memuru · Ağrı (Karakilise) · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kars [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 167/25 [1]BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 167/25 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
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
Kars [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.
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]

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 Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Karslı memurlar (1879-1909)

    RÜVEYDE ÇİFÇİ · 2015 · Pages 115, 116, 117

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