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MUHAMMET TAHA 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. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Askerî hizmet (bölükemini, başçavuş)

    1. Askerî hizmet (bölükemini, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Mal MüdürüBasra kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Basra kazası · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Mal MüdürüBasra kazası · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Basra kazası · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Mal MüdürüBasra kazası · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Basra kazası · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Mal MüdürüAşara kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Aşara kazası · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Mal MüdürüAşara kazası · Basra kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Aşara kazası · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      Basra kazası · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Mal MüdürüBasra kazası · Raas el-ayn kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Basra kazası · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      Raas el-ayn kazası · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Mal Müdürü · 2 career entriesRaas el-ayn kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Raas el-ayn kazası · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü (İstifa)

      Raas el-ayn kazası · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Mal MüdürüKevkeb kazası · 475 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Kevkeb kazası · Calculated age 32 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1878 (AH 1295)Mal Müdürü · 3 career entriesKevkeb kazası · Yenişehir kazası · 475 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Kevkeb kazası · Calculated age 33 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü (Nakil)

      Kevkeb kazası · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Yenişehir kazası · Calculated age 33 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mal MüdürüYenişehir kazası · 475 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Yenişehir kazası · Calculated age 34 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Mal Müdürü · 2 career entriesYenişehir kazası · 475 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Yenişehir kazası · Calculated age 35 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Yenişehir kazası · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  13. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Mal MüdürüRakka kazası · 475 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Rakka kazası · Calculated age 37 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Mal MüdürüRakka kazası · 475 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Rakka kazası · Calculated age 38 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Mal Müdürü · 3 career entriesRakka kazası · Elbu Kemal kazası · 475; 600 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Rakka kazası · Calculated age 39 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Rakka kazası · Calculated age 39

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Aşar ve ağnam memuru

      Elbu Kemal kazası · Calculated age 39 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar ve ağnam memuruElbu Kemal kazası · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar ve ağnam memuru

      Elbu Kemal kazası · Calculated age 40 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Aşar ve ağnam memuru · 2 career entriesElbu Kemal kazası · 600 kuruş

    1. Aşar ve ağnam memuru

      Elbu Kemal kazası · Calculated age 41 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar ve ağnam memuru (İnfisal)

      Elbu Kemal kazası · Calculated age 41

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  18. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Nüfus başkâtibiZor sancağı · 300 kuruş

    1. Nüfus başkâtibi

      Zor sancağı · Calculated age 42 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Nüfus başkâtibi · 3 career entriesZor sancağı · 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Nüfus başkâtibi

      Zor sancağı · Calculated age 43 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus başkâtibi (Nakil)

      Zor sancağı · Calculated age 43

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe muamelat-ı umumiye kâtibi

      Zor sancağı · Calculated age 43 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  20. Undated entriesMal MüdürüElbu Kemal kazası · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Elbu Kemal kazası · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001869/70AH 12861887/88AH 13051869/70 (AH 1286) · Mal Müdürü · Basra kazası · age 24 · 500 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Mal Müdürü · Basra kazası · age 25 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mal Müdürü · Basra kazası · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mal Müdürü · Aşara kazası · age 27 · 500 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Mal Müdürü · Aşara kazası · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Mal Müdürü · Basra kazası · age 28 · 500 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Mal Müdürü · Basra kazası · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Mal Müdürü · Raas el-ayn kazası · age 29 · 500 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Mal Müdürü · Raas el-ayn kazası · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Mal Müdürü · Kevkeb kazası · age 32 · 475 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Mal Müdürü · Kevkeb kazası · age 33 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Mal Müdürü · Yenişehir kazası · age 33 · 475 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mal Müdürü · Yenişehir kazası · age 34 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mal Müdürü · Yenişehir kazası · age 35 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Mal Müdürü · Rakka kazası · age 37 · 475 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Mal Müdürü · Rakka kazası · age 38 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Mal Müdürü · Rakka kazası · age 39 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar ve ağnam memuru · Elbu Kemal kazası · age 39 · 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar ve ağnam memuru · Elbu Kemal kazası · age 40 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Aşar ve ağnam memuru · Elbu Kemal kazası · age 41 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Nüfus başkâtibi · Zor sancağı · age 42 · 300 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Nüfus başkâtibi · Zor sancağı · age 43 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe muamelat-ı umumiye kâtibi · Zor sancağı · age 43 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kerkük [source]
Birth province
Musul [source]
Birth year
1845/46 (AH 1262) [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİD,00051_00012 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; cami dersleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Basra (Zor sancağı) [source]
First-salary field
500 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
1869/70 (AH 1286) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 165, 166, 167

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