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Mehmed Şükrü 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Bâyezid Camii dersiamıİstanbul, Bâyezid Camii
    1. Bâyezid Camii dersiamı

      İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Buhârî-i Şerif dersi kıraati memuruİstanbul, Aksaray Valide Sultan Camii
    1. Buhârî-i Şerif dersi kıraati memuru

      İstanbul, Aksaray Valide Sultan Camii · Calculated age 44

      [1]

  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Huzur-ı Hümayun ders-i şerif muhatabı · 2 career entriesHuzur-ı Hümayun · İstanbul, Fetvahane
    1. Huzur-ı Hümayun ders-i şerif muhatabı

      Huzur-ı Hümayun · Calculated age 50

      [1]

    2. Fetvahane müsevvidi

      İstanbul, Fetvahane · Calculated age 50

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesFetvahane müsevvidi (Tekaüt) · 3 career entriesİstanbul, Fetvahane · İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii
    1. Bâyezid Camii dersiamı

      İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Yenice, Kalecik [source]
Birth province
Ankara [source]
Birth year
1845 (AH 1261) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
M.Ş.A. nr. 216/1/22 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 216/1/16 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 216/1/18 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Kalecik sıbyan mektebi; Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Medresesi [source]
Qualification
Hafız; şer’î ve Arabî ilimlerden icazetli [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [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. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 83, 84

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