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Mehmet 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. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Polis 12. bölük 3. çavuşluk 5. neferliği · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş
  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliğiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliği · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Polis 26. bölük 41. neferliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Üçüncü komiserIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  7. Undated entriesPolis memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

01503001898/99AH 13161898/99 (AH 1316) · Polis 12. bölük 3. çavuşluk 5. neferliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
dagistan [source]Dağıstan [1]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 185/220 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Medrese [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
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1898/99 (AH 1316) [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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 283, 284

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