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Mehmet Şevket Bey

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. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Birinci Daire-i Belediye muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesBirinci Daire-i Belediye · 152 kuruş
    1. Birinci Daire-i Belediye muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 19 · 152 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi · 5 career entriesBirinci Daire-i Belediye · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi · Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · 152; 200 kuruş
    1. Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 20 · 152 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Birinci Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi mülazımı

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti mektup kalemi · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    4. Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu heyet-i tahririye memuru

      Tesisat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    5. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 22 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · 3 career entriesTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Hicaz İane Komisyonu · 200; 280 kuruş
    1. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hicaz İane Komisyonu umûr-ı tahririye memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Hicaz İane Komisyonu · Calculated age 25

      [1]

    3. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · Calculated age 25 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01402801891/92AH 13091897/98AH 13151891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi · Birinci Daire-i Belediye · age 19 · 152 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Muhasebe mesalih-i cariye kâtibi · Birinci Daire-i Belediye · age 20 · 152 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 20 · 200 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 21 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 22 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 23 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 24 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti · age 25 · 280 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth province
Konya [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İbtidai; askerî rüşdiye [source]
Education
Kabataş Hüseyin Avni Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Beşiktaş Askerî Rüşdiyesi [source]

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
Birinci Daire-i Belediye [source]
First work year
1891/92 (AH 1309) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.42 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 110

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