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Mehmed Cevdet 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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bursa hınta kalemine mülâzemetleBursa
  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Bilecik Düyûn-u umûmiye müdiriyeti ikinci katibliği · 2 career entriesBilecik · Gölpazarı · 200; 250 kuruş

    2. Gölpazarı idaresi makitâbet sandık eminliği

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Gölpazarı idaresi makitâbet sandık eminliği · 4 career entriesGölpazarı · Adapazaraı · 250 kuruş

    1. Gölpazarı idaresi makitâbet sandık eminliği

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    4. harir müzâyede kitâbeti

      · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Karamürsel makitâbet sandık eminliğiKaramürsel
  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Malatya Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'murluğuMalatya · 300 kuruş

    1. Malatya Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'murluğu

      Malatya · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyetiArslan Bey · 350 kuruş

    1. Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyeti

      Arslan Bey · Calculated age 30 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyeti · 2 career entriesArslan Bey · Yalova · 350; 450 kuruş

    1. Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyeti

      Arslan Bey · Calculated age 31 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyetiYalova · 450 kuruş
  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyetiYalova · 450 kuruş
  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyetiYalova · 450 kuruş
  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · 2 career entriesYalova · 450; 500 kuruş
  12. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Ortaköy Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti vekaleti (ilâveten)Ortaköy

Recorded pay

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

02505001885/86AH 13031897/98AH 13151885/86 (AH 1303) · Bilecik Düyûn-u umûmiye müdiriyeti ikinci katibliği · Bilecik · age 23 · 200 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Gölpazarı idaresi makitâbet sandık eminliği · Gölpazarı · age 23 · 250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Gölpazarı idaresi makitâbet sandık eminliği · Gölpazarı · age 24 · 250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · harir müzâyede kitâbeti · age 24 · 250 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Malatya Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'murluğu · Malatya · age 26 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyeti · Arslan Bey · age 30 · 350 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Arslan Bey Düyûn-ı umûmiye me'muriyeti · Arslan Bey · age 31 · 350 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · Yalova · age 31 · 450 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · Yalova · age 32 · 450 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · Yalova · age 33 · 450 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · Yalova · age 34 · 450 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Yalova Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · Yalova · age 35 · 450 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · (Okunamadı) Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti · age 35 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Father’s occupation
Gölpazarı kasabası vergi me'muru [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
61/79; 155 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mekteb-i ibtidâî; rüşdiye [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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bursa [source]
First work year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Apprenticeship
5.75 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 224,225

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