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Mehmed Şakir Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Mehmed Şakir Efendi was born in Vize in 1849/50 (AH 1266); the father was a tanner (debbağ). At about 32, in 1881/82, Mehmed Şakir began work in Istanbul. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, places Mehmed Şakir in Istanbul as Süleymaniye Camii ders-i âmı, where the entries run to 1894/95. The lists have no entry for 1882 to 1894. The last entries, from 1896 to 1908, name Mehmed Şakir as Hareket-i Hâriç, with no place. For 1897 to 1903 the lists have no entry. The lists have no entry for 1904 to 1907. No annual entry gives a salary. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1881/8212VizeIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded).

  1. Vize

    Born 1849/50 (AH 1266)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1881/82 (AH 1299); 1881 to 1895 (AH 1299 to 1312)

    Süleymaniye Camii ders-i âmı 1881/82 (AH 1299); Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1894 (AH 1300 to 1311).

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1895/96 (AH 1313) before it.

    Hareket-i Hâriç

    entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320) before it.

    İbtidâ-i Dâhil

    entries in 1 year

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324) before it.

    Hareket-i Dâhil

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmed Şakir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1881/82AH 1299Süleymaniye Camii ders-i âmıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1882 to 1894 (AH 1300 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Hareket-i Hâriç
No annual entry: 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321İbtidâ-i Dâhil
No annual entry: 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)
1907/08AH 1325Hareket-i Dâhil

Record

Personal

Born
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Birthplace
Vize
Father's occupation
Debbağ

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

302 other officials are recorded with entries in Istanbul in the same years. No salary of Mehmed Şakir Efendi is recorded.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

187 other officials are recorded whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299). No salary of Mehmed Şakir Efendi is recorded.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şakir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Süleymaniye Camii ders-i âmıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Hareket-i HâriçAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321İbtidâ-i DâhilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Hareket-i DâhilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Şakir Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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