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Mehmed Vasıf 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. 1868/69 (AH 1285)evrak odasıHüdâvendigâr · 50 kuruş

    1. evrak odası

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 16 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)evrak odasıHüdâvendigâr

    1. evrak odası

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 17

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)evrak odasıHüdâvendigâr

    1. evrak odası

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)evrak odasıHüdâvendigâr

    1. evrak odası

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)evrak odası · 3 career entries · 450 kuruş

    1. evrak odası

      · Calculated age 20 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    3. tapu kalemi; mülâzemet

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Muhasebe Kalemi · 300 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi

      · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Muhasebe Kalemi · 300 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi

      · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Muhasebe Kalemi · 2 career entries · 300 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. taşra emlak kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1879/80 (AH 1297)vukuat kalemi · 600 kuruş

    1. vukuat kalemi

      · Calculated age 28 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1880/81 (AH 1298)vukuat kalemi · 600 kuruş

    1. vukuat kalemi

      · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)vukuat kalemi · 600 kuruş

    1. vukuat kalemi

      · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)vukuat kalemi · 600; 800 kuruş

    1. vukuat kalemi

      · Calculated age 31 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    2. vukuat kalemi

      · Calculated age 31 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 800 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 32 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 800; 813; 900 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 33 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 33 · 813 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 33 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 900 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 34 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 900 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 35 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 900; 915; 930 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 36 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 36 · 915 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 36 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

  18. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 930 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 37 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 930 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 38 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

  20. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 930 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 39 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

  21. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 930 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 40 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

  22. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 930; 940 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 41 · 930 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 41 · 940 kuruş

      [1]

  23. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 940; 950 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 42 · 940 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 42 · 950 kuruş

      [1]

  24. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 950; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 43 · 950 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 43 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  25. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 44 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  26. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · 900; 927; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 45 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 45 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dersaâdet senedat kalemi

      · Calculated age 45 · 927 kuruş

      [1]

  27. Undated entriesvukuat kalemi · 300 kuruş

    1. vukuat kalemi

      · 300 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001868/69AH 12851896/97AH 13141868/69 (AH 1285) · evrak odası · Hüdâvendigâr · age 16 · 50 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · evrak odası · age 20 · 450 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Muhasebe Kalemi · age 21 · 300 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Muhasebe Kalemi · age 22 · 300 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Muhasebe Kalemi · age 23 · 300 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · taşra emlak kalemi · age 23 · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · vukuat kalemi · age 28 · 600 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · vukuat kalemi · age 29 · 600 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · vukuat kalemi · age 30 · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · vukuat kalemi · age 31 · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · vukuat kalemi · age 31 · 800 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 32 · 800 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 33 · 800 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 33 · 813 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 33 · 900 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 34 · 900 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 35 · 900 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 36 · 900 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 36 · 915 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 36 · 930 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 37 · 930 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 38 · 930 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 39 · 930 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 40 · 930 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 41 · 930 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 41 · 940 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 42 · 940 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 42 · 950 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 43 · 950 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 43 · 1,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 44 · 1,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 45 · 1,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 45 · 900 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dersaâdet senedat kalemi · age 45 · 927 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
6/211; 417 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
kitâbet eder [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Bursa 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
Hüdâvendigâr [source]
First-salary field
50 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

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

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 316,317

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