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Mustafa Şerif 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. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)
  2. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsüBitola (Manastır)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü · 3 career entriesBitola (Manastır) · Izmir (İzmir)

    1. Üçüncü Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğü gönüllüsü

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Askerî telgraf çavuşu (İnfisal)

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı · 3 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · Ödemiş · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuruÖdemiş · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru

      Ödemiş · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1911 (AH 1329)Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesÖdemiş · Kale-i Sultaniye · 400 kuruş

    1. Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru

      Ödemiş · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru

      Kale-i Sultaniye · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001909/10AH 13271911AH 13291909/10 (AH 1327) · Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi muvakkat muhabere memuru · Ödemiş · age 25 · 300 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru · Ödemiş · age 25 · 400 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru · Ödemiş · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911 (AH 1329) · Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru · Ödemiş · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911 (AH 1329) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf muhabere memuru · Kale-i Sultaniye · age 27 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Söke [source]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Father’s occupation
Yenipazar Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi müdürü [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Soma Rüştiyesi [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
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İzmir [source]
First work year
1908/09 (AH 1326) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.6666666667 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Sökeli devlet adamları

    MAŞİDE KAFALI · 2020 · Pages 61, 62

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