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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. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVan
  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Van · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Van · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Van · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesVan

    1. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Van · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth province
Tuna [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Van [source]
First work year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [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 Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 137

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