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Mehmed Muhtar 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)telgraf mülazımıSafranbolu

    1. telgraf mülazımı

      Safranbolu · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruş

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 21 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 23 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 24 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 25 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuruDevrek · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 26 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · 3 career entriesDevrek · Samsun · 308; 380 kuruş

    1. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru

      Devrek · Calculated age 27 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru (Nakil)

      Devrek · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 27 · 308 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1887/88 (AH 1305)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1888/89 (AH 1306)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1889/90 (AH 1307)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1890/91 (AH 1308)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1891/92 (AH 1309)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1892/93 (AH 1310)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1893/94 (AH 1311)merkez muhabere memuruSamsunContinuing service described by the source

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1894/95 (AH 1312)merkez muhabere memuruSamsun · 400 kuruş

    1. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. merkez muhabere memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  17. Undated entriestelgraf mülazımı (Merkez Muhâbere Odası)Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

02004001880/81AH 12981894/95AH 13121880/81 (AH 1298) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 21 · 380 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 22 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 23 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 24 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 25 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 26 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Merkez Telgraf ve Posta memuru · Devrek · age 27 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · merkez muhabere memuru · Samsun · age 27 · 308 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · merkez muhabere memuru · Samsun · age 35 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Safranbolu [source]Zağfiranbolu [1]
Birth province
Kastamonu [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
telgraf çavuşu [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.5, s.73 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektebi [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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Zağfiranbolu telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 100, 101

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