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MEHMED ŞERİF EFENDİ

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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Telgrafhane mülazımıDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)
  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgrafhane mülazımıDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgrafhane mülazımıDoğubayazıt (Bayezid)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 3 career entriesDoğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Bitlis · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Bitlis · Calculated age 18 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruBitlis · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Bitlis · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruBitlis · Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Bitlis · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · 3 career entriesDoğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Van · 300; 380 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Van · Calculated age 21 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruVan · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Van · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruVan · 380; 450 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Van · Calculated age 23 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Van · Calculated age 23 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesVan · Muradiye (Bargiri) · 450; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Van · Calculated age 24 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü

      Muradiye (Bargiri) · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  11. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürüŞemdinli (Şemdinan) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü

      Şemdinli (Şemdinan) · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001889/90AH 13071904/05AH 13221889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Bitlis · age 18 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Bitlis · age 19 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Bitlis · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · age 20 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Doğubayazıt (Bayezid) · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Van · age 21 · 380 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Van · age 22 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Van · age 23 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Van · age 23 · 450 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Van · age 24 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü · Muradiye (Bargiri) · age 24 · 500 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürü · Şemdinli (Şemdinan) · age 33 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Maçin [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bayezid Kazası Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 89/291 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Muş Sancağı 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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Doğubayazıt [source]Bayezid [1]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 162, 163

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