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Mehmed Lütfi 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesDrama · 100 kuruş

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Drama · Calculated age 17

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi

      Drama · Calculated age 17 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveliDrama · 175 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli

      Drama · Calculated age 19 · 175 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveliDrama · 175; 180 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli

      Drama · Calculated age 20 · 175 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli

      Drama · Calculated age 20 · 180 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli · 2 career entriesDrama · 180 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli

      Drama · Calculated age 21 · 180 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli (İnfisal)

      Drama · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  5. 1887/88 (AH 1305)merkez ağnam katibi · 2 career entriesKavala

    1. merkez ağnam katibi

      Kavala · Calculated age 23

      [1]

    2. merkez ağnam katibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kavala · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1888/89 (AH 1306)mal kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) · 2 career entriesKavala · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200 kuruş

    1. mal kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Kavala · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  7. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Mal Müdüriyeti refakatiChrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdüriyeti refakati

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mal Müdüriyeti refakatiChrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdüriyeti refakati

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Mal Müdüriyeti refakatiChrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdüriyeti refakati

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Mal Müdüriyeti refakatiChrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdüriyeti refakati

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · 2 career entriesChrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Drama · 200 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdüriyeti refakati

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  12. 1894/95 (AH 1312)muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibiDrama · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1895/96 (AH 1313)muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibiDrama · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1896/97 (AH 1314)muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi · 3 career entriesDrama · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · 200; 360 kuruş

    1. muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi (Nakil)

      Drama · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. sandık emini

      Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · Calculated age 32 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesmal kalemi mülazımıKavala

Recorded pay

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

01803601881/82AH 12991896/97AH 13141881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi · Drama · age 17 · 100 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli · Drama · age 19 · 175 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli · Drama · age 20 · 175 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli · Drama · age 20 · 180 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli · Drama · age 21 · 180 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 24 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 28 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mal Müdüriyeti refakati · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 29 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi · Drama · age 29 · 200 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi · Drama · age 30 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi · Drama · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cariye katibi · Drama · age 32 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · sandık emini · Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) · age 32 · 360 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
nalband [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31-371 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 60-387 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Sıbyan tahsili; Rüşdiyede biraz Arabi ve Farisi [source]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Drama [source]
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 83, 84

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