Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley
← Biography, maps and personal record

Mehmed Cevad 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. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Ankara Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi görevlisiAnkara
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi görevlisi
  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Cenova başşehbender vekiliCenova · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Cenova başşehbender vekili

      Cenova · Calculated age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Cenova başşehbender vekiliCenova · 1,000; 1,100 kuruş
    1. Cenova başşehbender vekili

      Cenova · Calculated age 28 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cenova başşehbender vekili

      Cenova · Calculated age 28 · 1,100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesTahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi halifesi · 2 career entriesCenevre

Recorded pay

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

05501,1001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201901/02 (AH 1319) · Cenova başşehbender vekili · Cenova · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Cenova başşehbender vekili · Cenova · age 28 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Cenova başşehbender vekili · Cenova · age 28 · 1,100 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Preveze [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 6, 3-2 [1]BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 1, 3 [1]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Tasdikname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İbtidai,rüşdiye;Sultanide yaklaşık iki yıl,tasdikname. [source]
Education
İbtidaî, rüşdiye, Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

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
Ankara [source]
First work year
1891/92 (AH 1309) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 170, 171

Read the source accounts and original values →

Subjects