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Mehmed Atıf 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. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Dördüncü Sınıf Teftiş MemuruBeyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı · 450 kuruş

    1. Dördüncü Sınıf Teftiş Memuru

      Beyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 22 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Dördüncü Sınıf Teftiş Memuru (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesBeyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı · Kâhta · 250 kuruş

    1. Dördüncü Sınıf Teftiş Memuru (İnfisal)

      Beyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Teftis Memuru

      Kâhta · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Teftiş Memuru (İnfisal)Kâhta

    1. Teftiş Memuru (İnfisal)

      Kâhta · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tahrirat KâtibiKâhta · 200 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Kâhta · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Fırka-i Askeriye Tahrirat Kâtibi · 2 career entriesKars · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Fırka-i Askeriye Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Kars · Calculated age 31 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    2. Fırka-i Askeriye Tahrirat Kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Kars · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Military service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Mal MüdürüKâhta · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Kâhta · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mal Müdürü · 3 career entriesKâhta · Tokad · 500; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Kâhta · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü (İstifa)

      Kâhta · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam Vekili

      Tokad · Calculated age 33 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Kaymakam Vekili · 2 career entriesTokad · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam Vekili

      Tokad · Calculated age 34 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam Vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Tokad · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1880/81 (AH 1298)KaymakamAkçadağ · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Akçadağ · Calculated age 35 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1882/83 (AH 1300)KaymakamAdıyaman (Hısnımansur) · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Adıyaman (Hısnımansur) · Calculated age 37 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kaymakam (Azil)Kâhta

    1. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Kâhta · Calculated age 41

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. 1887/88 (AH 1305)KaymakamKeskin · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Keskin · Calculated age 42 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  13. 1888/89 (AH 1306)KaymakamZir · Akdağmadeni (Akdağ) · 1,215; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Zir · Calculated age 43 · 1,215 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Akdağmadeni (Akdağ) · Calculated age 43 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1892/93 (AH 1310)KaymakamKeskin · Yalvaç · 1,250; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Keskin · Calculated age 47 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Yalvaç · Calculated age 47 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  15. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesYalvaç · 1,800 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Yalvaç · Calculated age 48 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Yalvaç · Calculated age 48

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  16. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tekaüt · 393 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 51 · 393 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  17. 1897/98 (AH 1315)KaymakamBoğazlıyan · 1,089.5 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Boğazlıyan · Calculated age 52 · 1,089.5 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  18. 1902/03 (AH 1320)KaymakamÜrgüp

    1. Kaymakam

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 57

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  19. Undated entriesTahrirat Kâtibi (İnfisal) · 3 career entriesKâhta · Boğazlıyan · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Kâhta

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Kâhta · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam (İnfisal)

      Boğazlıyan

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

09001,8001868/69AH 12851897/98AH 13151868/69 (AH 1285) · Dördüncü Sınıf Teftiş Memuru · Beyoğlu Mutasarrıflığı · age 22 · 450 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Teftis Memuru · Kâhta · age 24 · 250 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Tahrirat Kâtibi · Kâhta · age 27 · 200 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Fırka-i Askeriye Tahrirat Kâtibi · Kars · age 31 · 1,500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Mal Müdürü · Kâhta · age 32 · 500 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mal Müdürü · Kâhta · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kaymakam Vekili · Tokad · age 33 · 1,250 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kaymakam Vekili · Tokad · age 34 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Kaymakam · Akçadağ · age 35 · 1,250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kaymakam · Adıyaman (Hısnımansur) · age 37 · 1,250 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaymakam · Keskin · age 42 · 1,250 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaymakam · Zir · age 43 · 1,215 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaymakam · Akdağmadeni (Akdağ) · age 43 · 1,250 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaymakam · Keskin · age 47 · 1,250 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaymakam · Yalvaç · age 47 · 1,800 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kaymakam · Yalvaç · age 48 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Tekaüt · age 51 · 393 kuruş · Retirement entry1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kaymakam · Boğazlıyan · age 52 · 1,089.5 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.00010.00493, s. 981 - 982 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Arapça ve Fıkh-ı şerif okumuş [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Beyoğlu [source]
First-salary field
450 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
1868/69 (AH 1285) [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 Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 278, 279, 280, 281, 282

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