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Ahmed Şevki Efendi

Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Malatya · Career evidence 1897 to 1909 (AH 1315 to 1326)

Dates are shown with Gregorian spans and the recorded AH year. Select a dated entry to find its place and amount.

  1. 1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Birth

    Malatya

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

    First work as recorded

    Hüdavendigâr

  1. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Vilayet maiyyet memuru · 2 career entriesHüdavendigâr · Yenişehir · 500 kuruş

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  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tahkik memuru (ek görev) · 2 career entriesYenişehir · Mihaliç; Mudanya; Gönen

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  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tahkik memuru (ek görev)YenişehirContinuing service described by the source

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  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tahkik memuru (ek görev) · 2 career entriesYenişehir

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  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)KaymakamHizan · 2,250 kuruş

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  6. 1908/09 (AH 1326)KaymakamVarto · Ahlat · 2,250 kuruş

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  7. Undated entriesBursa Harir Darü't-talimi diploması · 12 career entriesHizan · Bulanık · Varto · Ahlat · Muş · 2,500 kuruş

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

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

01,1252,2501897/98AH 13151903/04AH 13211908/09AH 13261897/98 (AH 1315) · Vilayet maiyyet memuru · Hüdavendigâr · age 25 · 500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Kaymakam · Hizan · age 29 · 2,250 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Kaymakam · Varto · age 36 · 2,250 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Kaymakam · Ahlat · age 36 · 2,250 kuruş

Points show amounts attached to dated career entries, including labelled continuing-service and reconstructed years. Separate rates within a year remain separate; the points do not measure annual receipts or total earnings.

Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

MalatyaMuşYenişehirVartoAhlatBulanık
MalatyaMuşYenişehirVartoAhlatBulanık

All recorded places. Select a career entry or pay point to highlight its place.

Not drawn. No position recorded: Hüdavendigâr, Mihaliç; Mudanya; Gönen, Hizan, Hüdavendigâr.

  • Hüdavendigâr · location retained as text
  • Yenişehir
  • Mihaliç; Mudanya; Gönen · location retained as text
  • Hizan · location retained as text
  • Varto
  • Ahlat
  • Bulanık
  • Muş

Some locality or province names have no agreed point position. They remain in the chronology and list; they are not placed at a guessed provincial capital.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

MalatyaSupporting accounts

Birth year

1873/74 (AH 1290)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

KaymakamSupporting accounts

Religion

İslamSupporting accounts

Education and languages

Armenian

bilirSupporting accounts

French

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okur yazar[1]

Turkish

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okur yazar[1]

Qualification

Formal qualification recordedSupporting accounts

Mülkiye diploması aliyy-ül-a'lâ[1]

Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education

Diyarbakır Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane İdadi ve ÂliSupporting accounts

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

25Supporting accounts

Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place

HüdavendigârSupporting accounts

First-salary field

500 kuruş (personal first-salary field)Supporting accounts

A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year

1897/98 (AH 1315)Supporting accounts

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 168, 169, 170, 171, 172

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