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Mehmed Tevfik 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar muvakkat kol katibiAktaş nahiyesi · 550 kuruş

    1. Aşar muvakkat kol katibi

      Aktaş nahiyesi · Calculated age 19 · 550 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar muvakkat kol katibiAktaş nahiyesi · 700 kuruş

    1. Aşar muvakkat kol katibi

      Aktaş nahiyesi · Calculated age 20 · 700 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Ağnam kol memuru · 2 career entriesEflani nahiyesi · 750; 800 kuruş

    1. Ağnam kol memuru

      · Calculated age 24 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Aşar kol katibi

      Eflani nahiyesi · Calculated age 24 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Ağnam katibiZağfiranbolu merkez kazası · 700 kuruş

    1. Ağnam katibi

      Zağfiranbolu merkez kazası · Calculated age 25 · 700 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Ağnam kol memuruZağfiranbolu kazası · 600 kuruş

    1. Ağnam kol memuru

      Zağfiranbolu kazası · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Ağnam tadad kol katibiZağfiranbolu kazası

    1. Ağnam tadad kol katibi

      Zağfiranbolu kazası · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Ağnam tadad kol memuruZağfiranbolu kazası · 462.5 kuruş

    1. Ağnam tadad kol memuru

      Zağfiranbolu kazası · Calculated age 28 · 462.5 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Ağnam tadad kol katibiZağfiranbolu kazası · 350 kuruş

    1. Ağnam tadad kol katibi

      Zağfiranbolu kazası · Calculated age 29 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi · 135 kuruş

    1. Nahiye katibi

      Eflani nahiyesi · Calculated age 30 · 135 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi · 135 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nahiye katibi

      Eflani nahiyesi · Calculated age 31 · 135 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi · Ulus nahiyesi · 135 kuruş

    1. Nahiye katibi

      Eflani nahiyesi · Calculated age 32 · 135 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nahiye katibi

      Ulus nahiyesi · Calculated age 32 · 135 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001883/84AH 13011896/97AH 13141883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar muvakkat kol katibi · Aktaş nahiyesi · age 19 · 550 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar muvakkat kol katibi · Aktaş nahiyesi · age 20 · 700 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Ağnam kol memuru · age 24 · 750 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Aşar kol katibi · Eflani nahiyesi · age 24 · 800 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Ağnam katibi · Zağfiranbolu merkez kazası · age 25 · 700 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Ağnam kol memuru · Zağfiranbolu kazası · age 26 · 600 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Ağnam tadad kol memuru · Zağfiranbolu kazası · age 28 · 462.5 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Ağnam tadad kol katibi · Zağfiranbolu kazası · age 29 · 350 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Nahiye katibi · Eflani nahiyesi · age 30 · 135 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Nahiye katibi · Eflani nahiyesi · age 31 · 135 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Nahiye katibi · Eflani nahiyesi · age 32 · 135 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Nahiye katibi · Ulus nahiyesi · age 32 · 135 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Safranbolu [source]Zağfiranbolu [1]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
Rüşdiye muallimi (mütekaid) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Zağfiranbolu Rüşdiyesi; medrese [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Aktaş nahiyesi [source]
First-salary field
550 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
1883/84 (AH 1301) [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 117, 118, 119

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