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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. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Personnel entry · 120 kuruş

    1. Career entry

      · Calculated age 14 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  3. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Çan nahiye müdirliğiBiga kazasında Çan · 450 kuruş

    1. Çan nahiye müdirliği

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 35 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  4. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Çan nahiye müdirliğiBiga kazasında Çan · 450 kuruş

    1. Çan nahiye müdirliği

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 36 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Çan nahiye müdirliğiBiga kazasında Çan · 450 kuruş

    1. Çan nahiye müdirliği

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 37 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Çan nahiye müdirliğiBiga kazasında Çan · 450 kuruş

    1. Çan nahiye müdirliği

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 38 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  7. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Çan nahiye müdirliği · 2 career entriesBiga kazasında Çan · 450 kuruş

    1. Çan nahiye müdirliği

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 39 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      Biga kazasında Çan · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  8. 1878/79 (AH 1296)duhan müfettişliğiTrabzon · 300 kuruş

    1. duhan müfettişliği

      Trabzon · Calculated age 41 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Samsun duhan fabrikası me’murluğuSamsun · 350 kuruş

    1. Samsun duhan fabrikası me’murluğu

      Samsun · Calculated age 45 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1883/84 (AH 1301)müskirat müfettişliğiSamsun · 450 kuruş

    1. müskirat müfettişliği

      Samsun · Calculated age 46 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1886/87 (AH 1304)sevk me’murluğuIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş

    1. sevk me’murluğu

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 49 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesBeyrut duhan ve müskirat müfettişliği · 2 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300; 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02254501852/53AH 12691886/87AH 13041852/53 (AH 1269) · age 14 · 120 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Çan nahiye müdirliği · Biga kazasında Çan · age 35 · 450 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Çan nahiye müdirliği · Biga kazasında Çan · age 36 · 450 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Çan nahiye müdirliği · Biga kazasında Çan · age 37 · 450 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Çan nahiye müdirliği · Biga kazasında Çan · age 38 · 450 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Çan nahiye müdirliği · Biga kazasında Çan · age 39 · 450 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · duhan müfettişliği · Trabzon · age 41 · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Samsun duhan fabrikası me’murluğu · Samsun · age 45 · 350 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · müskirat müfettişliği · Samsun · age 46 · 450 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · sevk me’murluğu · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1839/40 (AH 1255) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
61/93; 183 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [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-salary field
120 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 307,308

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