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Mehmed Tevfik 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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Divan-ı Temyiz mukayyidiAdana · 700 kuruş
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Azil
    1. Azil

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  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Açığa çıkarılma
  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Açığa çıkarılma
  5. Undated entriesMülga Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi · 10 career entriesMersin · Tarsus · Sinop · Kastamonu · Trabzon · Erzurum · Diyarbakır · 300; 800; 900; 1,500; 3,150 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

03507001869/70AH 12861869/70 (AH 1286) · Divan-ı Temyiz mukayyidi · Adana · 700 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tarsus [source]
Father’s occupation
Tarsus mülga Meclis-i Deavi azası; Defter-i Hakani memuru [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 00168-00005 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir; derece belirtilmemiş [source]
Persian
bilir; derece belirtilmemiş [source]
Turkish
bilir; derece belirtilmemiş [source]
Education
İptidai Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Adana [source]
First work year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Tarsus doğumlu memurlar

    MUSTAFA TURŞUCU · 2025 · Pages 43, 48, 50, 59, 78, 92, 110, 111, 112

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