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Hafız Mehmed Tevfik Efendi (A)

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1878 to 1903 (AH 1295 to 1320)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 54/83

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1Komotini (Gümülcine)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Komotini (Gümülcine)

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Komotini (Gümülcine)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 25

    2. Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Teftiş Mahkemesi kâtibi

      Calculated age 25

  3. 3

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 25 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Teftiş Mahkemesi kâtibi

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Defter-i Hâkânî Nezâreti hususi memuru

      931.5 kuruşCalculated age 50

    All 28 recorded entries in this stage →

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1882 to 1903 (AH 1300 to 1320)
  2. 1878 to 1882 (AH 1295 to 1299)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Arabî icâzetnâmesi [1]

Schooling Mekteb-i İbtidâî; Fatih Camii [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları

    ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 106, 107

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 54/83; 202 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 54/83.

Read the original source accounts · 29 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated years

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