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Mehmed Arif 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. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriMitrovica (Mitroviça)
  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriMitrovica (Mitroviça)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · 3 career entriesMitrovica (Mitroviça)
    1. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri (Nakil)

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Nüfus mukayyidiMitrovica (Mitroviça)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Nüfus mukayyidi

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Nüfus mukayyidi · 3 career entriesMitrovica (Mitroviça) · 250 kuruş
    1. Nüfus mukayyidi

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus mukayyidi (Nakil)

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Nüfus memuru

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501882/83AH 13001882/83 (AH 1300) · Nüfus memuru · Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · age 22 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mitroviça [source]Mitroviçe [1]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 32-161 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [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

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mitroviça [source]Mitroviçe [1]
First work year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.5 [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 186, 187

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