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Mehmed Şükrü 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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 10; 20; 29; 39 kuruş
  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 39 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 31 · 39 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 39; 50; 150 kuruş
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 32 · 39 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 33 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 34 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 35 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 150; 170 kuruş
    1. Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 170 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 170 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 170 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 38 · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · 170; 400 kuruş
    1. Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 39 · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sicil Kalemi dördüncü sınıf katibi

      Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Üsküdar Evkaf İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibiÜsküdar, İstanbul · 600 kuruş
    1. Üsküdar Evkaf İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibi

      Üsküdar, İstanbul · Calculated age 40 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Emval ve Emlak-i Vakfiye İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibiEvkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · 600 kuruş
    1. Emval ve Emlak-i Vakfiye İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibi

      Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · Calculated age 42 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesMemurin Kalemi üçüncü sınıf katibiEvkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · 600 kuruş
    1. Memurin Kalemi üçüncü sınıf katibi

      Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · 600 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001900/01AH 13181911/12AH 13301900/01 (AH 1318) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 10 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 20 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 29 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 39 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 39 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 39 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 50 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 150 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 34 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Sicil-i Ahval ve İstatistik Kalemi katibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 170 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 38 · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Sicil İdaresi tahkik memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 39 · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Sicil Kalemi dördüncü sınıf katibi · Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · age 39 · 400 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Üsküdar Evkaf İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibi · Üsküdar, İstanbul · age 40 · 600 kuruş1911/12 (AH 1330) · Emval ve Emlak-i Vakfiye İdaresi üçüncü sınıf katibi · Evkaf Nezareti, İstanbul · age 42 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bulak karyesi (Zağfiranbolu) [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Zürra (çiftçi) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.107, s.151 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Medrese şehadetnamesi (1306); icazetname, küşe-i liyakat-ı medaris (1322) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Şehid Mehmed Paşa Medresesi; Bayezid dersiamı halkası [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
10 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
1900/01 (AH 1318) [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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 115, 116, 117

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