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Mehmet Tevfik 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)Muhasebe kalemi stajyeriSivas

    1. Muhasebe kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Vergi kalemi stajyeriSivas

    1. Vergi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refikiKangal ve Aşudi nahiyesi · 250 kuruş

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refiki

      Kangal ve Aşudi nahiyesi · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refiki (İnfisal)Kangal ve Aşudi nahiyesi

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refiki (İnfisal)

      Kangal ve Aşudi nahiyesi · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  5. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Vergi katibiAziziye · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi katibi

      Aziziye · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Vergi katibiAziziye · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi katibi

      Aziziye · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Vergi katibiAziziye · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi katibi

      Aziziye · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Vergi katibiAziziye · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi katibi

      Aziziye · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Vergi katibiAziziye · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi katibi

      Aziziye · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisiSivas · 250 kuruş

    1. Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi

      Sivas · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisiSivas · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi

      Sivas · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisiSivas · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi

      Sivas · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisiSivas · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi

      Sivas · Calculated age 35 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Merkez vergi kalemi birinci yardımcısıSivas · 300 kuruş

    1. Merkez vergi kalemi birinci yardımcısı

      Sivas · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesVergi kitabeti refikiMecitözü · Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi kitabeti refiki

      Mecitözü · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001885/86AH 13031896/97AH 13141885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refiki · Kangal ve Aşudi nahiyesi · age 25 · 250 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Vergi katibi · Aziziye · age 27 · 250 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Vergi katibi · Aziziye · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Vergi katibi · Aziziye · age 29 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Vergi katibi · Aziziye · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vergi katibi · Aziziye · age 31 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi · Sivas · age 32 · 250 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi · Sivas · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi · Sivas · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Merkez vergi kalemi refik-i sanisi · Sivas · age 35 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Merkez vergi kalemi birinci yardımcısı · Sivas · age 36 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d,nr.00014,s.19 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas vilayeti muhasebe kalemi [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 325, 326

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