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Mehmed Agah 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. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımıMamuratülaziz

    1. Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 15

      [1]

  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımıMamuratülazizContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımıMamuratülazizContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımıMamuratülazizContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı · 2 career entriesMamuratülaziz · Harput · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat idaresi mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşâir-i selâse rüsûmat tahrir kâtibi

      Harput · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Rüsûmat kâtibiA'vat Mezrası · 110 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      A'vat Mezrası · Calculated age 20 · 110 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Rüsûmat kâtibiA'vat Mezrası · 110 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      A'vat Mezrası · Calculated age 21 · 110 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Rüsûmat kâtibi · 3 career entriesA'vat Mezrası · Mamuratülaziz · 110; 125 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      A'vat Mezrası · Calculated age 22 · 110 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      A'vat Mezrası · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    3. Kâtip (daire adı eksik)

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 22 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1878 (AH 1295)Kâtip (daire adı eksik)Mamuratülaziz · 125 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kâtip (daire adı eksik)

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 23 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Kâtip (daire adı eksik) · 2 career entriesMamuratülaziz · 125; 500 kuruş

    1. Kâtip (daire adı eksik)

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 24 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat odası mübeyyizi

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Vilayet muhasebe odası görevlisi · 2 career entriesAdana · 400; 600 kuruş

    1. Vilayet muhasebe odası görevlisi

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Vilayet evrak odası görevlisi

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Vilayet evrak odası görevlisi · 2 career entriesAdana · 600 kuruş

    1. Vilayet evrak odası görevlisi

      Adana · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibiAdana · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 28 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibiAdana · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi · 4 career entriesAdana · 300; 600; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Seyhan gazetesi muharriri

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesAdana · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 31 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Adana · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesAşâir-i selâse rüsûmat tahrir kâtibi (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesHarput · Mamuratülaziz

    1. Aşâir-i selâse rüsûmat tahrir kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Harput

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat odası mübeyyizi (İnfisal)

      Mamuratülaziz

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001874/75AH 12911885/86AH 13031874/75 (AH 1291) · Aşâir-i selâse rüsûmat tahrir kâtibi · Harput · age 19 · 200 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · A'vat Mezrası · age 20 · 110 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · A'vat Mezrası · age 21 · 110 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · A'vat Mezrası · age 22 · 110 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Kâtip (daire adı eksik) · Mamuratülaziz · age 22 · 125 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Kâtip (daire adı eksik) · Mamuratülaziz · age 23 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kâtip (daire adı eksik) · Mamuratülaziz · age 24 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat odası mübeyyizi · Mamuratülaziz · age 24 · 500 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vilayet muhasebe odası görevlisi · Adana · age 26 · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vilayet evrak odası görevlisi · Adana · age 26 · 600 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vilayet evrak odası görevlisi · Adana · age 27 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi · Adana · age 27 · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi · Adana · age 28 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi · Adana · age 29 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Vilayet idare meclisi ikinci kâtibi · Adana · age 30 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Seyhan gazetesi muharriri · Adana · age 30 · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi · Adana · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Vilayet idare meclisi başkâtibi · Adana · age 31 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 1-369 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm; Arapça nahve, Farsça Dîvân-ı Hıfz'a kadar öğrenim [source]
Education
İdadi mektepleri; özel hoca [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mamuratülaziz [source]
First work year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Apprenticeship
4 [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 Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 192, 193

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