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Mehmed Erşed 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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tahrirat müdürü · 2 career entriesKirkuk (Kerkük) · 350 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat müdürü

      Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Calculated age 23 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat müdürü (İnfisal)

      Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)Gaziantep (Antep)

    1. Tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiIdlib (İdlib) · 250 kuruş
  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati · 2 career entriesIdlib (İdlib) · Suruç · 250; 500 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati

      Idlib (İdlib) · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi

      Suruç · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi

      Suruç · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi

      Suruç · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · 3 career entriesSuruç · Idlib (İdlib) · 500 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi

      Suruç · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Suruç · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. Undated entriesRüştiye mezuniyeti · 5 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Gaziantep (Antep) · 170 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001896/97AH 13141905/06AH 13231896/97 (AH 1314) · Tahrirat müdürü · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · age 23 · 350 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati · Idlib (İdlib) · age 28 · 250 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati · Idlib (İdlib) · age 29 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · Suruç · age 29 · 500 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · Suruç · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · Suruç · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi · Suruç · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gaziantep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1874/75 (AH 1291) [source]
Father’s occupation
Cami-i Asri imamı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İdadi dördüncü sınıfa kabul; beşinci sınıf ortasında kendi isteğiyle terk [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye; Halep Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Kerkük [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar

    EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 109, 110

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