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Mehmed Şerif 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)Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuruBatumi (Batum) · 100 kuruş
  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Nafia Ruznamçe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruş
  3. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 20 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi Müdürü · 3 career entriesSinhan · Yemen · 1,500; 1,750 kuruş

    1. Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi Müdürü

      Sinhan · Calculated age 21 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi Müdürü

      Sinhan · Calculated age 21 · 1,750 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 21 · 1,750 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet MüdürüYemen · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü

      Yemen · Calculated age 27 · 1,750 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü · 3 career entriesYemen · 1,250; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü

      Yemen · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü

      Yemen · Calculated age 28 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 28 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemenContinuing service described by the source

    1. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi

      Yemen · Calculated age 30 · 1,750 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi MümeyyiziYemen · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mümeyyizi

      Yemen · Calculated age 35 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesBatum Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi kâtibi · 2 career entriesBatumi (Batum) · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

01,0002,0001870/71AH 12871886/87AH 13041870/71 (AH 1287) · Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuru · Batumi (Batum) · age 18 · 100 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Nafia Ruznamçe Kalemi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 100 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi · Yemen · age 20 · 1,500 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi Müdürü · Sinhan · age 21 · 1,500 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi Müdürü · Sinhan · age 21 · 1,750 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi · Yemen · age 21 · 1,750 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü · Yemen · age 27 · 1,750 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü · Yemen · age 28 · 1,250 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi · Yemen · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi · Yemen · age 30 · 1,750 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mümeyyizi · Yemen · age 35 · 2,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemaliye [source]Eğin [1]
Birth year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Eğin Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Batum [source]

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 Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)

    ÖMER FERİT İMLAK · 2012 · Pages 101

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