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Muhtar Ağa

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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Dağkenarı Nahiyesi BölükbaşısıDağkenarı · 200 kuruş
    1. Dağkenarı Nahiyesi Bölükbaşısı

      Dağkenarı · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Reç maa Levhe MüdürüReç maa Levhe · 500 kuruş
    1. Reç maa Levhe Müdürü

      Reç maa Levhe · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Reç maa Levhe Müdürü · 2 career entriesReç maa Levhe · Dağkenarı · 124; 500 kuruş
    1. Reç maa Levhe Müdürü

      Reç maa Levhe · Calculated age 38 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Dağkenarı Nahiyesi Bölükbaşısı

      Dağkenarı · Calculated age 38 · 124 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001858/59AH 12751877/78AH 12941858/59 (AH 1275) · Dağkenarı Nahiyesi Bölükbaşısı · Dağkenarı · age 19 · 200 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Reç maa Levhe Müdürü · Reç maa Levhe · age 37 · 500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Reç maa Levhe Müdürü · Reç maa Levhe · age 38 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Dağkenarı Nahiyesi Bölükbaşısı · Dağkenarı · age 38 · 124 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1840/41 (AH 1256) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Education
Mekâtib-i ibtidâî [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dağkenarı [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 258

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