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Mehmet Vasfi Bey

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. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıHersek
  2. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıHersekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Hersek

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıHersekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Hersek

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıHersekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Hersek

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesHersek · 200 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Hersek

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · 3 career entriesHersek · 200; 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi

      Hersek · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi (İnfisal)

      Hersek

      [1]

  7. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Meclis-i idare başkitabet muaviniHersek · 289; 300 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini

      Hersek · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini · 2 career entriesHersek · 289 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini

      Hersek · 289 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini (İnfisal)

      Hersek

      [1]

  9. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisiHersek · 380 kuruş
  10. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · 2 career entriesHersek · 380 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi

      Hersek · 380 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi (İnfisal)

      Hersek

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Vergi kâtibiBenî Saap · 300 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Benî Saap · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Vergi kâtibiBenî Saap · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Benî Saap · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Vergi kâtibiBenî Saap · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Benî Saap · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Vergi kâtibi · 2 career entriesBenî Saap · Karzan · 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Benî Saap · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal müdür muavini

      Karzan · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Mal müdür muavini (İnfisal)Karzan

    1. Mal müdür muavini (İnfisal)

      Karzan

      [1]

  16. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Mal müdürü vekili (İnfisal)Benî Saap

    1. Mal müdürü vekili (İnfisal)

      Benî Saap

      [1]

  17. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Mal MüdürüBenî Saap · 540 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Benî Saap · 540 kuruş

      [1]

  18. Undated entriesMal müdür muavini · 4 career entriesCemâin · Benî Saap

    3. Kaymakam vekili

      Benî Saap

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02705401869/70AH 12861900/01AH 13181869/70 (AH 1286) · Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · Hersek · 200 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · Hersek · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini · Hersek · 300 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini · Hersek · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini · Hersek · 289 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Meclis-i idare başkitabet muavini · Hersek · 289 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · Hersek · 380 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Tahrirat kalemi refik-i sânisi · Hersek · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vergi kâtibi · Benî Saap · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Vergi kâtibi · Benî Saap · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Vergi kâtibi · Benî Saap · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Vergi kâtibi · Benî Saap · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Mal müdür muavini · Karzan · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Mal Müdürü · Benî Saap · 540 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bosna [source]
Father’s occupation
Poşka kaymakamı [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehâdetnâmesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mostar sıbyan mektebi; Mostar rüşdiye mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
hersek [source]
First work year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.67 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

    MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 105

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