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Mehmed Şükrü 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Matbah mülazımıBeşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul

    1. Matbah mülazımı

      Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Matbah görevlisiBeşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · 160 kuruş

    1. Matbah görevlisi

      Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Calculated age 32 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Matbah görevlisiBeşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · 160 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Matbah görevlisi

      Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Calculated age 33 · 160 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Matbah görevlisi · 2 career entriesBeşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Kiler · 160 kuruş

    1. Matbah görevlisi

      Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Calculated age 34 · 160 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 34 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 160; 200 kuruş

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 35 · 160 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 35 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 200; 220 kuruş

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 36 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 36 · 220 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 220 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 37 · 220 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 220 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 38 · 220 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 220; 240 kuruş

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 39 · 220 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 39 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Kiler hizmetlisiKiler · 240; 340 kuruş

    1. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 40 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · Calculated age 40 · 340 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Azil

    1. Azil

      · Calculated age 50

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesMatbah görevlisi · 2 career entriesBeşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · Kiler · 200; 500 kuruş

    1. Matbah görevlisi

      Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Kiler hizmetlisi

      Kiler · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01703401889/90AH 13071897/98AH 13151889/90 (AH 1307) · Matbah görevlisi · Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · age 32 · 160 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Matbah görevlisi · Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · age 33 · 160 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Matbah görevlisi · Beşiktaş Harem-i Hümayun Matbahı, İstanbul · age 34 · 160 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 34 · 160 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 35 · 160 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 35 · 200 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 36 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 36 · 220 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 37 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 38 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 39 · 220 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 39 · 240 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 40 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kiler hizmetlisi · Kiler · age 40 · 340 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Nevşehir [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1057 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mekteb-i İbtidai; Beşiktaş Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Rüşdiyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]

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. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 160, 161

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