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Mehmed 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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıDrama Sancağı

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıDrama SancağıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesDrama Sancağı

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibiDrama SancağıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibiDrama SancağıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibiDrama SancağıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi · 3 career entriesDrama Sancağı · 250 kuruş

    1. Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tarik-i ulema-i mükellefiye imla-yı tezakir katibi (Nakil)

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Nüfus katibi

      Drama Sancağı · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501901/02AH 13191901/02 (AH 1319) · Nüfus katibi · Drama Sancağı · age 27 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth province
Selanik [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
zürra (çiftçi) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 121-419 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]şahadetname (karib-i âlâ) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İdadi-i Mülki şehadetnamesi (karib-i âlâ) [source]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i idadi-i mülki [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Drama Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.97 [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 78, 79

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