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Mustafa 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıDrama
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesDrama · 130 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Drama · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Gardiyan kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 20 · 130 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Gardiyan kâtibiDrama · 130 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gardiyan kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 21 · 130 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Gardiyan kâtibiDrama · 130 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gardiyan kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 22 · 130 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Gardiyan kâtibi · 3 career entriesDrama · 130; 188 kuruş

    1. Gardiyan kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 23 · 130 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Gardiyan kâtibi (Nakil)

      Drama · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 23 · 188 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 24 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 25 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 26 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 27 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 28 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibiDrama · 188 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 29 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · 4 career entriesDrama · 188; 380 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 30 · 188 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi (Nakil)

      Drama · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi baş kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 30 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01903801882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101882/83 (AH 1300) · Gardiyan kâtibi · Drama · age 20 · 130 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Gardiyan kâtibi · Drama · age 21 · 130 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Gardiyan kâtibi · Drama · age 22 · 130 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Gardiyan kâtibi · Drama · age 23 · 130 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 23 · 188 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 24 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 25 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 26 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 27 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 28 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 29 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 30 · 188 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi baş kâtibi · Drama · age 30 · 380 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi baş kâtibi (mübaşeret) · Drama · age 30 · 380 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 15-355 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye [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
Drama Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi [source]
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 101, 102

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