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Mehmet Şevki Efendi

BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti
Archival reference as recorded: 37_51; 99

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Erzincan in AH 1261 (1845). Recorded schooling includes 4 years at Muallim-i mahsustan. First work is recorded in Erzincan in AH 1275 (1858–1859), 14 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Posta” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 20 distinct AH years in AH 1281–1301 (1864–1884), with gaps; it begins with Posta Memuru in Kutahya (500 kuruş monthly). Tahrirat Kalemi appears later, in AH 1288 (1871–1872), with 700 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Tekellum (speaking); French: Tekellum (speaking).

Recorded preparation

Birth
AH 1261 (1845); erzincan
School / programme
Muallim-i mahsustan
Schooling duration
4 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship duration
6 source-recorded years
Qualification field (recorded code)
1
Telegraph-school field (recorded code)
0
Father’s occupation
Tatar
Religion wording
Musluman
Nationality wording
Turkish

Recorded language terms

  • Turkish: Kitabet (writing)
  • Arabic: Tekellum (speaking)
  • French: Tekellum (speaking)

First-work fields

Recorded year
AH 1275 (1858–1859)
Place
Erzincan
First-salary field
500 kuruş
Recorded first-job wording
Posta

First-work may concern earlier state service or preparation. The first-salary amount is separately recorded and is not dated by the first-work year.

Honours, rank and legal records

Decoration wording is unrecorded in the linked text fields.

Original codes across source assertions, including zero; meanings unverified. No grade, count or award status is inferred.

Rütbe
3
Mecidi nişanı
0
Nişan-ı Âlî-i Osmanî
0
Madalya
0
Liyakat ve ehliyet derecesi
0
Annual legal indicator · original codes
0
Personnel legal field · original codes
0
Additional annual legal field · original codes
0

Legal wording and annual indicators are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts. Complete original notes, codes and archival source details remain in the online dossier. Repeated source copies do not establish independent confirmation.

Annual chronology

20 annual entries in 20 recorded AH years. Gregorian equivalents are shown in parentheses; source G years are retained separately. Gaps remain gaps. Salaries are nominal monthly assigned kuruş, not confirmed disbursements.

AH year (Gregorian)Source G yearRecorded titleLocality / provinceMonthly kuruş
AH 1281 (1864–1865)1864posta memurukutahya
Province: hudavendigar
500
AH 1282 (1865–1866)1865posta memurukutahya
Province: hudavendigar
500
AH 1284 (1867–1868)18672. mudursam
Province: suriye
830
AH 1285 (1868–1869)18682. mudursam
Province: suriye
830
AH 1286 (1869–1870)18692. mudursam
Province: suriye
1,000
AH 1287 (1870–1871)18702. mudurbeyrut
Province: beyrut
1,000
AH 1288 (1871–1872)1871tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
700
AH 1289 (1872–1873)1872tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
700
AH 1290 (1873–1874)1873tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
700
AH 1291 (1874–1875)1874tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
700
AH 1292 (1875–1876)1875tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
700
AH 1293 (1876–1877)1876tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
800
AH 1294 (1877–1878)1877tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
800
AH 1295 (1878)1878tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
800
AH 1296 (1878–1879)1879tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
800
AH 1297 (1879–1880)1880tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
640
AH 1298 (1880–1881)1881tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
640
AH 1299 (1881–1882)1882tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
640
AH 1300 (1882–1883)1883tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
640
AH 1301 (1883–1884)1884tahrirat kalemibursa
Province: hudavendigar
640