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Mehmed Sabri 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. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatinde mülazemetMecca (Mekke)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiMecca (Mekke) · 300 kuruş
  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakatiMecca (Mekke) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 17 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · 2 career entriesMecca (Mekke) · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 18 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Posta şubesi memuru

      Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · Calculated age 18 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Posta şubesi memuruYanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Posta şubesi memuru

      Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · Calculated age 19 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Posta şubesi memuruYanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Posta şubesi memuru

      Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Posta şubesi memuru · 2 career entriesYanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · Jeddah (Cidde) · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Posta şubesi memuru

      Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 22 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru (İnfisal)

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  9. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekiliMudanya · 120 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili

      Mudanya · Calculated age 26 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  10. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili · 2 career entriesMudanya · 120 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili

      Mudanya · Calculated age 27 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili (İnfisal)

      Mudanya · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesTelgraf ve Posta Merkezi Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruMudanya · 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001894/95AH 13121905/06AH 13231894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Mecca (Mekke) · age 16 · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Mecca (Mekke) · age 17 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memurluğu refakati · Mecca (Mekke) · age 18 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Posta şubesi memuru · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · age 18 · 500 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Posta şubesi memuru · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · age 19 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Posta şubesi memuru · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · age 20 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Posta şubesi memuru · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · age 21 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 21 · 400 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 22 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili · Mudanya · age 26 · 120 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta müdür vekili · Mudanya · age 27 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hicaz Kalesi topçu imamı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 119/183, s.183 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Darüşşafaka dördüncü sınıfına kadar [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Darüşşafaka [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Darüşşafakadan şehadetname almadan ayrılmış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

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
Mekke [source]
First work year
1893/94 (AH 1311) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 220, 221

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