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Mehmed 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)
  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Vergi Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesGaziantep (Antep) · Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · 200 kuruş

    1. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01002001893/94AH 13111893/94 (AH 1311) · Vergi kâtibi refakati · Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur) · age 21 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gaziantep [source]Ayıntab [1]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ma‘ara kazası hapishane gardiyanı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Başlangıç dinî ilimler, bir miktar sarf ve nahiv [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
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gaziantep [source]Ayıntab [1]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Apprenticeship
6.75 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar

    EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 116, 117

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