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Mustafa Fehmi Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Terseköy, Akhisar · Dated entries 1882 to 1896 (AH 1300 to 1313)

Languages Turkish

Archival references M.Ş.A. nr. 3/5/1; M.Ş.A. nr. 3/5/5

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Terseköy, Akhisar

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1848/49 (AH 1265)

    Terseköy, Akhisar

    Not yet located on the map: Terseköy, Akhisar

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Fatih Camii

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Fatih Camii

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 35

    2. İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Fatih Camii hocası

      Calculated age 35

  3. 3

    1887/88 (AH 1305) · 3 recorded years

    İstanbul, Fetvahâne

    AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Fetvahâne

    1. Fetvahâne görevlisi; imtihanla giriş

      Calculated age 40

    2. Fetvahâne görevlisi; imtihanla giriş

      Calculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    İstanbul, Fetvahâne / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Fetvahâne

    1. İstanbul, Fetvahâne

      Fetvahâne görevlisi; imtihanla giriş

      Calculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi

      Calculated age 43

  5. 5

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 3 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    1. Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi

      Calculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    2. Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi

      Calculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi

      Calculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Hareket-i Hâriç

      Calculated age 47

  7. 7

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Fetvahâne Fetva Odası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Fetvahâne Fetva Odası

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Fetvahâne Pusula Odası müsevvidi

      Calculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

    2. İstanbul, Fetvahâne Fetva Odası

      Fetvahâne Fetva Odası görevlisi

      Calculated age 48

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313)
  2. İstanbul, Fetvahâne4
    1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
  3. İstanbul, Fatih Camii1
    1882/83 (AH 1300)
  4. İstanbul, Fetvahâne Fetva Odası1
    1895/96 (AH 1313)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313)
  2. 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)
  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehadetname; birinci sınıf şehadetnameye hak kazanma; icazet [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; özel ders; Gazanfer Ağa Medresesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 125, 126

    M.Ş.A. nr. 3/5/1.; M.Ş.A. nr. 3/5/5 ve devam eden sayfa.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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