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Mehmet Bey

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. 1867/68 (AH 1284)telgraf stajyeriErzurum

    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Erzurum · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Merkez MemuruBeyazıt · 400 kuruş

    1. Merkez Memuru

      Beyazıt · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1903/04 (AH 1321)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 57

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesMerkez MemuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · İnebolu · Taşköprü · 385; 475; 500 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02004001868/69AH 12851868/69 (AH 1285) · Merkez Memuru · Beyazıt · age 21 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1847/48 (AH 1264) [source]
Father’s occupation
askeri [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00005, s.651 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]5 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Erzurum telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.58 [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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 243, 244

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