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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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Tapu Kalemi stajyeri · 4 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · 230 kuruş

    1. Tapu Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 15

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    2. Tapu Kalemi stajyeri (Nakil)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 15

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Geçici aşar kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 15 · 230 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Geçici aşar kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 15

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Tapu Kalemi stajyeri · 4 career entriesPristina (Priştine)

    1. Tapu Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 16

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruş

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19 · 188 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 20 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 21 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 22 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 23 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 24 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 25 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · 188; 380 kuruş

    1. Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 26 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu Kalemi başkâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 26 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01903801876/77AH 12931886/87AH 13041876/77 (AH 1293) · Geçici aşar kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 15 · 230 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 19 · 188 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 20 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 21 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 22 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 23 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 24 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 25 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Tapu Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 26 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Tapu Kalemi başkâtibi · Pristina (Priştine) · age 26 · 380 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 8-671 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması (kayıp) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye 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

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Priştine [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.08333333333333333 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

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 183

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