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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. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuruGelibolu · 500 kuruş
  2. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Telgraf muhabere memuruEdirne · 500 kuruş
  3. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Telgrafhaneler muhabere memuruDiyarbakır · 700 kuruş
  4. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Merkez Telgraf müdürüSiverek · 1,000 kuruş
  5. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Merkez Telgraf müdürüSiverek · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Siverek · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Merkez Telgraf müdürüSiverek · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Siverek · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Merkez Telgraf müdürüSiverek · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Siverek · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Merkez Telgraf müdürü · 2 career entriesSiverek · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Siverek · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez Telgraf müdürü (İnfisal)

      Siverek

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Merkez Telgraf müdürüMersin · Tunus · 750 kuruş

    2. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Tunus · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  10. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tekaüt · 240 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · 240 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  11. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Seyyar Muhabere MemuruIoannina (Yanya) · 1,000 kuruş
  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Merkez Telgraf müdürüArapkir · 600 kuruş

    1. Merkez Telgraf müdürü

      Arapkir · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Merkez Telgraf müdürüSiirt
  14. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Müfettiş MuaviniVan · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Müfettiş Muavini · 3 career entriesVan · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Müfettiş Muavini

      Van · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Müfettiş muavini (Azil)

      Van

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      [1]

  22. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tekaüt · 600 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · 600 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  23. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muaviniAdana · 1,200 kuruş
  24. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muaviniSivas · 1,200 kuruş
  25. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muaviniSivas · 679 kuruş
  26. Undated entriesTelgraf Nezareti Muhabere Dairesi memuru · 2 career entriesTelgraf Nezareti · Tokat · 600 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

06001,2001861/62AH 12781900/01AH 13181861/62 (AH 1278) · Merkez Telgraf muhabere memuru · Gelibolu · 500 kuruş1862/63 (AH 1279) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Edirne · 500 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Telgrafhaneler muhabere memuru · Diyarbakır · 700 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Siverek · 1,000 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Siverek · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1869/70 (AH 1286) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Siverek · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Siverek · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Siverek · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Mersin · 750 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Tunus · 750 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tekaüt · 240 kuruş · Retirement entry1880/81 (AH 1298) · Seyyar Muhabere Memuru · Ioannina (Yanya) · 1,000 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Merkez Telgraf müdürü · Arapkir · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Müfettiş Muavini · Van · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tekaüt · 600 kuruş · Retirement entry1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini · Adana · 1,200 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini · Sivas · 1,200 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve Posta müfettiş muavini · Sivas · 679 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemaliye [source]Eğin [1]
Father’s occupation
Mülkiye memuru [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 34/205 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi’nde mürettep dersler; Tekfurdağı Rüşdiyesi’nde bir miktar Arapça ve Farsça. [source]
Education
Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi; Tekirdağ 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

First work place
İstanbul [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)

    ÖMER FERİT İMLAK · 2012 · Pages 66, 67, 68

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