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Mehmed Salih 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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Lankaza · 250 kuruş

    1. Emtiâ-ı Ecnebiye Gümrük Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusuLankaza · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · 2 career entriesLankaza · 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu

      Lankaza · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Rüsûmat piyade muhafızıPeçov · 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı

      Peçov · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Rüsûmat piyade muhafızıPeçov · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı

      Peçov · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı · 2 career entriesPeçov · 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı

      Peçov · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı (İstifa)

      Peçov · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  18. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Rüsûmat muhafız memuruKsendire · 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat muhafız memuru

      Ksendire · Calculated age 36 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501894/95AH 13121908/09AH 13261894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 22 · 250 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 23 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 25 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 26 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 29 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Rüsûmat muhafız kolcusu · Lankaza · age 31 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı · Peçov · age 32 · 250 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı · Peçov · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Rüsûmat piyade muhafızı · Peçov · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Rüsûmat muhafız memuru · Ksendire · age 36 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Medine [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i Şâhâne mülâzımı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 192/21 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; rüşdiyeden hastalık nedeniyle ayrılma [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Soğukçeşme Askerî Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]2 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]
Apprenticeship
4 [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 228, 229

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