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Mehmet Şevket 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)meclis katibiHamidiye kazası · 190 kuruş

    1. meclis katibi

      Hamidiye kazası · Calculated age 20 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)meclis katibiHamidiye kazası · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. meclis katibi

      Hamidiye kazası · Calculated age 21 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)meclis katibi · 3 career entriesHamidiye kazası · Sivas · 190 kuruş

    1. meclis katibi

      Hamidiye kazası · Calculated age 22 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. meclis katibi (İstifa)

      Hamidiye kazası · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. vergi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)vergi kalemi stajyeriSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)vergi kalemi stajyeri · 3 career entriesSivas · Karabel nahiyesi · 200 kuruş

    1. vergi kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. vergi kalemi stajyeri (Nakil)

      Sivas · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. vukuat katibi

      Karabel nahiyesi · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)vukuat katibiAziziye kazası · 235 kuruş

    1. vukuat katibi

      Aziziye kazası · Calculated age 25 · 235 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)vukuat katibiAziziye kazası · 225 kuruş

    1. vukuat katibi

      Aziziye kazası · Calculated age 26 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)vukuat katibiAziziye kazası · 270 kuruş

    1. vukuat katibi

      Aziziye kazası · Calculated age 27 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1880/81 (AH 1298)vukuat katibiAziziye kazası · 400 kuruş

    1. vukuat katibi

      Aziziye kazası · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1887/88 (AH 1305)vergi katibiGürün · 500 kuruş

    1. vergi katibi

      Gürün · Calculated age 35 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1888/89 (AH 1306)vergi katibiGürün · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi katibi

      Gürün · Calculated age 36 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1889/90 (AH 1307)vergi katibiGürün · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi katibi

      Gürün · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1890/91 (AH 1308)vergi katibiGürün · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi katibi

      Gürün · Calculated age 38 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1891/92 (AH 1309)vergi katibiDivriği kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. vergi katibi

      Divriği kazası · Calculated age 39 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1893/94 (AH 1311)vergi katibiYıldızeli kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. vergi katibi

      Yıldızeli kazası · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1896/97 (AH 1314)vergi katibiKoyulhisar · 500 kuruş

    1. vergi katibi

      Koyulhisar · Calculated age 44 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1903/04 (AH 1321)mal müdürü (Azil)Alucra kazası

    1. mal müdürü (Azil)

      Alucra kazası · Calculated age 51

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  18. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Mal Müdürü MuaviniAziziye kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Muavini

      Aziziye kazası · Calculated age 53 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  19. Undated entriestahrir-i vergi katibi · 6 career entriesAziziye, Mesudiye ve Sarız nahiyeleri · Gürün · Suşehri kazası · Alucra kazası · 400; 500; 540 kuruş

    1. tahrir-i vergi katibi

      Aziziye, Mesudiye ve Sarız nahiyeleri · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    4. vergi katibi (İnfisal)

      Gürün

      [1]

    5. Mal Müdürü

      Suşehri kazası

      [1]

    6. Mal Müdürü

      Alucra kazası · 540 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001873/74AH 12901905/06AH 13231873/74 (AH 1290) · meclis katibi · Hamidiye kazası · age 20 · 190 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · meclis katibi · Hamidiye kazası · age 21 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · meclis katibi · Hamidiye kazası · age 22 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · vukuat katibi · Karabel nahiyesi · age 24 · 200 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · vukuat katibi · Aziziye kazası · age 25 · 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · vukuat katibi · Aziziye kazası · age 26 · 225 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · vukuat katibi · Aziziye kazası · age 27 · 270 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · vukuat katibi · Aziziye kazası · age 28 · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · vergi katibi · Gürün · age 35 · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · vergi katibi · Gürün · age 36 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · vergi katibi · Gürün · age 37 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · vergi katibi · Gürün · age 38 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · vergi katibi · Divriği kazası · age 39 · 500 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · vergi katibi · Yıldızeli kazası · age 41 · 500 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · vergi katibi · Koyulhisar · age 44 · 500 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Mal Müdürü Muavini · Aziziye kazası · age 53 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
posta müdürü [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00176, s.351-352 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Aziziye Rüştiye 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
Hamidiye kazası [source]
First-salary field
190 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
1873/74 (AH 1290) [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-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 307, 308, 309

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