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Mehmed Vehib 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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Aşar Anbar KâtibiReisdere · 500 kuruş

    1. Aşar Anbar Kâtibi

      Reisdere · Calculated age 18 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 240; 250 kuruş

    1. Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 21 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  4. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Muhasebe Kalemi MukayyidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Muhasebe Kalemi MukayyidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Muhasebe Kalemi MukayyidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 250; 350 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Sancak Başkitabeti RefakatiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 26 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 350 kuruş

    1. Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  10. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Malmüdürüİstarda · 600 kuruş

    1. Malmüdürü

      İstarda · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Malmüdürüİstarda · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      İstarda · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Malmüdürü · 3 career entriesİstarda · Kerebene · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Malmüdürü

      İstarda · Calculated age 31 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 31

      [1]

    3. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1891/92 (AH 1309)MalmüdürüKerebene · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1892/93 (AH 1310)MalmüdürüKerebene · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1893/94 (AH 1311)MalmüdürüKerebene · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1894/95 (AH 1312)MalmüdürüKerebene · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 35 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1895/96 (AH 1313)MalmüdürüKerebene · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 36 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Malmüdürü · 4 career entriesKerebene · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Genç · 500; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İzin

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 37

      [1]

    4. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Genç · Calculated age 37 · 1,800 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  19. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Sancak MuhasebecisiGenç · 1,620; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Genç · Calculated age 38 · 1,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Genç · Calculated age 38 · 1,620 kuruş

      [1]

  20. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Sancak MuhasebecisiGençContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Genç · Calculated age 39

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Sancak Muhasebecisi · 3 career entriesGenç · Prizrin · 1,120 kuruş

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Genç · Calculated age 40

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 40

      [1]

    3. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Prizrin · Calculated age 40 · 1,120 kuruş

      [1]

  22. Undated entriesVilayet Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri · 5 career entriesAydın Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi · Kosova Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi · Manastır Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi · Kerebene · 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi

      [1]

    2. Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri

      Kosova Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi

      [1]

    3. İstifa

      [1]

    4. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi stajyeri

      Manastır Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    5. Malmüdürü

      Kerebene · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

09001,8001878AH 12951899/1900AH 13171878 (AH 1295) · Aşar Anbar Kâtibi · Reisdere · age 18 · 500 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 21 · 240 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 21 · 250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 23 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyidi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 25 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 25 · 350 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 26 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Sancak Başkitabeti Refakati · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 27 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Malmüdürü · İstarda · age 29 · 600 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Malmüdürü · İstarda · age 30 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Malmüdürü · İstarda · age 31 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 31 · 500 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 34 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 35 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 36 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Malmüdürü · Kerebene · age 37 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Genç · age 37 · 1,800 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Genç · age 38 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Genç · age 38 · 1,620 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Prizrin · age 40 · 1,120 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 88-11 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]konuşur [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye diploması; sonradan kayıp [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Dimetoka sıbyan mektebi; Dimetoka rüşdiyesi [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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dimetoka [source]
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [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 Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 162, 163, 164

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