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Mahmut Akif 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Emlak Kalemi stajyeriÇorum

    1. Emlak Kalemi stajyeri

      Çorum · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Vukuat kâtibiÇorum · 200 kuruş

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      Çorum · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Vukuat kâtibiÇorum · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      Çorum · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Vukuat kâtibiÇorum · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      Çorum · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Vergi yazıcısıÇorum · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Vergi yazıcısı · 2 career entriesÇorum · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi yazıcısı

      Çorum · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vergi yazıcısı (Azil)

      Çorum · Calculated age 34

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501878/79AH 12961889/90AH 13071878/79 (AH 1296) · Vukuat kâtibi · Çorum · age 23 · 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Vukuat kâtibi · Çorum · age 24 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vukuat kâtibi · Çorum · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 26 · 250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 29 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 31 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 32 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Vergi yazıcısı · Çorum · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çorum [source]
Birth year
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAID 23/204 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Çorum medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Çorum [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Çorumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    HAYRETTİN ÖRS · 2019 · Pages 64

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