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Mehmet Akif 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)Askerlik

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)AskerlikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)AskerlikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)AskerlikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)AskerlikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Askerlik · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Askerlik (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü memurluğu · 2 career entriesBilecik · Küpeli · 220; 400 kuruş

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği

      Küpeli · Calculated age 26 · 220 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliğiKüpeliContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği

      Küpeli · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliğiKüpeli · 300 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği

      Küpeli · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği

      Küpeli · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği · 2 career entriesKüpeli · Atranos · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği

      Küpeli · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kitabet ve sandık emaneti

      Atranos · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001890/91AH 13081893/94AH 13111890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü memurluğu · Bilecik · age 26 · 400 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği · Küpeli · age 26 · 220 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği · Küpeli · age 28 · 300 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtipliği · Küpeli · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kitabet ve sandık emaneti · Atranos · age 29 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bilecik [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
Debbağ [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 110, s. 111 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname almış; belge kaybolmuş [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan ve Rüştiye mektepleri [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
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bilecik [source]
First-salary field
400 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
1890/91 (AH 1308) [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 Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları

    MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 53

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