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Mehmed Eşref 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)Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeriPriştine Sancağı
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri

      Priştine Sancağı · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiMitroviçe Kazası · 225 kuruş
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Mitroviçe Kazası · Calculated age 23 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesBidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · 8 career entriesPriştine Sancağı · Kosova Vilayeti · 300; 400; 600; 1,000 kuruş
    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Priştine Sancağı · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    2. Vilayet merkez tahsildarı

      Kosova Vilayeti · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tahsilat Komisyonu kâtibi

      Kosova Vilayeti · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Aşar ve Rüsumat kâtibi

      Kosova Vilayeti · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Sicill ve Kefalet kâtibi

      Kosova Vilayeti · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    6. Vilayet tahsil memuru

      Kosova Vilayeti · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    7. Vilayet tahsil memuru

      Kosova Vilayeti · 600 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0112.52251898/99AH 13161898/99 (AH 1316) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · Mitroviçe Kazası · age 23 · 225 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth province
Kosova [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Jandarma yüzbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Priştine Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]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
Priştine [source]
First work year
1893/94 (AH 1311) [source]
Apprenticeship
5.3 [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 192, 193

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