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Mehmet Raşit 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. 1844/45 (AH 1260)muhasebe mülazımıSivas vilayeti muhasebesi

    1. muhasebe mülazımı

      Sivas vilayeti muhasebesi · Calculated age 14

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1845 (AH 1261)tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuruSivas · 150 kuruş

    1. tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru

      Sivas · Calculated age 15 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1845/46 (AH 1262)tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesSivas · 150 kuruş

    1. tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru

      Sivas · Calculated age 16 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Sivas · Calculated age 16

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1859/60 (AH 1276)arazi kalemi memuruSivas · 150 kuruş

    1. arazi kalemi memuru

      Sivas · Calculated age 30 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)sancak arazi memuruSivas sancağı · 400 kuruş

    1. sancak arazi memuru

      Sivas sancağı · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1872/73 (AH 1289)defter-i hakani memuruSivas sancağı · 1,000 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani memuru

      Sivas sancağı · Calculated age 43 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1879/80 (AH 1297)defter-i hakani memuruSivas · 760 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani memuru

      Sivas · Calculated age 51 · 760 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001845AH 12611879/80AH 12971845 (AH 1261) · tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru · Sivas · age 15 · 150 kuruş1845/46 (AH 1262) · tahrir-i nüfus kalemi memuru · Sivas · age 16 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1859/60 (AH 1276) · arazi kalemi memuru · Sivas · age 30 · 150 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · sancak arazi memuru · Sivas sancağı · age 38 · 400 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · defter-i hakani memuru · Sivas sancağı · age 43 · 1,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · defter-i hakani memuru · Sivas · age 51 · 760 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1830/31 (AH 1246) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00004, s.872 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
medresede şerh-i akaid kadar okumuş [source]
Persian
biraz okumuş [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas vilayeti muhasebesi [source]
First work year
1844/45 (AH 1260) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 287

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