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Mehmed Yusuf Paşa

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)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıBeşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun · Calculated age 15

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  2. 1854/55 (AH 1271)Meclis-i Tahkik azasıDamascus (Şam)
  3. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Kilar-ı Hacc-ı Şerif emaneti
  4. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet azası
  5. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Evkaf muhasebecisiDamascus (Şam)
  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Belediye Meclisi reisiDamascus (Şam)
  7. Undated entriesMeclis-i Kebir-i Eyalet azası · 7 career entriesDamascus (Şam) · Humus/Baalbek/Beka · Acre (Akka) · Havran

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Şam [source]
Birth year
1838/39 (AH 1254) [source]
Father’s occupation
Havran Sancağı mutasarrıfı [source]
Nationality or community
Kürt [source]
Archive references
BOA SAD 2/594 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Şam Rüşdiyesi [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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi, Şam [source]
First work year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 107

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