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Mehmet 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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)mektupçu odası müdürüManastır vilayeti mektupçu odası · 300 kuruş

    1. mektupçu odası müdürü

      Manastır vilayeti mektupçu odası · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Evrak MüdürüManastır vilayeti evrak müdüriyeti · 900 kuruş

    1. Evrak Müdürü

      Manastır vilayeti evrak müdüriyeti · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesmülazım (rüsumat) · 13 career entriesSilistre rüsumat idaresi · Silistra (Silistre) · Rumeli şimendifer kumpanyası · Manastır vilayeti mektupçu odası · Manastır vilayeti evrak müdüriyeti · 250; 300; 350; 360; 470; 570; 800; 1,000 kuruş

    1. mülazım (rüsumat)

      Silistre rüsumat idaresi

      [1]

    2. rüsumat kâtibi

      Silistre rüsumat idaresi · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    3. müskirat mukayyidi

      Silistre rüsumat idaresi · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    4. rüsumat kâtibi

      Silistre rüsumat idaresi · 470 kuruş

      [1]

    5. rüsumat kâtibi (İstifa)

      Silistre rüsumat idaresi

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Silistra (Silistre)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    10. deranbar

      Rumeli şimendifer kumpanyası · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    11. mektupçu odası memuru

      Manastır vilayeti mektupçu odası

      [1]

    12. mektupçu odası müdürü

      Manastır vilayeti mektupçu odası · 360 kuruş

      [1]

    13. Evrak Müdürü

      Manastır vilayeti evrak müdüriyeti · 800 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04509001879/80AH 12971883/84AH 13011879/80 (AH 1297) · mektupçu odası müdürü · Manastır vilayeti mektupçu odası · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Evrak Müdürü · Manastır vilayeti evrak müdüriyeti · 900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, 10/139 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Silistre rüsumat idaresi [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 Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 36, 37

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