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Mehmet Rüştü 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Rüsumat Nezareti mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. Undated entriesGümrük kantarcısı · 5 career entriesSirkeci Şimendifer İstasyonu · Burgos Adası · Derince · Heybeliada

    1. Gümrük kantarcısı

      Sirkeci Şimendifer İstasyonu

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat Memuru

      Burgos Adası

      [1]

    4. Kolcu

      Burgos Adası

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sinop [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d 194-130 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; 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
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi'nde Sinoplu Devlet Adamları (Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre: 1879-1909 )

    ZEHRA DENİZ · 2019 · Pages 176

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