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Mehmet Sabri 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekiliSilistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş
  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekiliSilistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili

      Silistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili · 2 career entriesSilistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş
    1. Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili

      Silistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Infisal
  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)KaymakamRaniye · 1,250 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Raniye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)KaymakamRaniye · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaymakam

      Raniye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kaymakam · 3 career entriesRaniye · Suruç · 1,250 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Raniye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Raniye

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam

      Suruç · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)KaymakamSuruç · 1,125 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Suruç

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Suruç · 1,125 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  9. 1897/98 (AH 1315)KaymakamSuruçContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaymakam

      Suruç

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1898/99 (AH 1316)KaymakamSuruç · Rumkale · 1,125 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Suruç

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Rumkale · 1,125 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesNahiye Müdürü · 2 career entriesBaklan nahiyesi, Çal kazası · 563 kuruş
    1. Nahiye Müdürü

      Baklan nahiyesi, Çal kazası · 563 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

06251,2501876/77AH 12931898/99AH 13161876/77 (AH 1293) · Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili · Silistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili · Silistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Menafi-i umumiye sandığı vekili · Silistra (Silistre) · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kaymakam · Raniye · 1,250 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaymakam · Raniye · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Raniye · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Suruç · 1,250 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Suruç · 1,125 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Kaymakam · Rumkale · 1,125 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 42/67 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Silistre [source]
First-salary field
400 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
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 41, 42

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