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Mehmed Efendi (B)

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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Rüsûmat Nezareti mülazımı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Podgorica (Podgoriça) · 200 kuruş

    2. Duhan süvari kolcusu

      Podgorica (Podgoriça) · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Duhan süvari kolcusuPodgorica (Podgoriça) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Duhan süvari kolcusu

      Podgorica (Podgoriça) · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)Duhan süvari kolcusu · 3 career entriesPodgorica (Podgoriça) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · 200; 300 kuruş

    1. Duhan süvari kolcusu

      Podgorica (Podgoriça) · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Geçici Duhan Tahrir ve Liva Kalemi kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Rüsûmat kâtibiLezhë (Leş) · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 22 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Rüsûmat kâtibi · 5 career entriesLezhë (Leş) · 160; 200; 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat kâtibi

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 23 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuruLezhë (Leş) · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuruLezhë (Leş) · Krujë (Akçahisar) · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuruKrujë (Akçahisar) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · 3 career entriesKrujë (Akçahisar) · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru (İnfisal)

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 27

      [1]

    3. Reji ambar emini

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Reji ambar emini · 3 career entriesKrujë (Akçahisar) · Şilindire · 200; 300 kuruş

    1. Reji ambar emini

      Krujë (Akçahisar) · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Rüsumat Memuru

      Şilindire · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Rüsumat MemuruŞilindire · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Şilindire · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Rüsumat Memuru · 5 career entriesŞilindire · 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Şilindire · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat memuru (İnfisal)

      Şilindire · Calculated age 30

      [1]

    3. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

    4. Askerlik hizmeti (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

    5. Rüsumat Memuru

      Şilindire · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001876/77AH 12931886/87AH 13041876/77 (AH 1293) · Duhan süvari kolcusu · Podgorica (Podgoriça) · age 19 · 200 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Duhan süvari kolcusu · Podgorica (Podgoriça) · age 20 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Duhan süvari kolcusu · Podgorica (Podgoriça) · age 21 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Geçici Duhan Tahrir ve Liva Kalemi kâtibi · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 21 · 300 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · Lezhë (Leş) · age 22 · 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · Lezhë (Leş) · age 23 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsûmat kâtibi · Lezhë (Leş) · age 23 · 160 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Lezhë (Leş) · age 23 · 250 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Lezhë (Leş) · age 23 · 300 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Lezhë (Leş) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Lezhë (Leş) · age 24 · 250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Lezhë (Leş) · age 25 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Krujë (Akçahisar) · age 25 · 200 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Krujë (Akçahisar) · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Rüsûm-ı Sitte memuru · Krujë (Akçahisar) · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Reji ambar emini · Krujë (Akçahisar) · age 27 · 200 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Reji ambar emini · Krujë (Akçahisar) · age 28 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Rüsumat Memuru · Şilindire · age 28 · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Rüsumat Memuru · Şilindire · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Rüsumat Memuru · Şilindire · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Rüsumat Memuru · Şilindire · age 30 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Akçahisar [source]
Birth province
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehâdetnâmesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [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
İşkodra [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.25 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 216, 217

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