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Mehmed Rüştü Reşid 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuruBaghdad (Bağdat) · 50 kuruş

    1. Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 15 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · 50 kuruş

    1. Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 16 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibiBaghdad (Bağdat) · 300 kuruş
  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi · 2 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Şemamek · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 18 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 18 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibiŞemamek · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 19 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 19 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · 3 career entriesŞemamek · 500 kuruş

    1. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    3. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · 3 career entriesŞemamek · 500; 650 kuruş

    1. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye başkâtibi

      Şemamek · Calculated age 21 · 650 kuruş

      [1]

    3. İstifa

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  8. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibiBasra · 550 kuruş

    1. Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi

      Basra · Calculated age 22 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  9. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi · 3 career entriesBasra · Mosul (Musul) · 550; 600 kuruş

    1. Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi

      Basra · Calculated age 23 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  10. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibiMosul (Musul) · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 24 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi · 3 career entriesMosul (Musul) · 600; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 25 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesDava vekili kâtibi · 2 career entriesŞemamek · 200; 250 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001881/82AH 12991891/92AH 13091881/82 (AH 1299) · Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 15 · 50 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bağdad Merkez Kalemi memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 16 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 17 · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bağdad Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu kâtibi · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 18 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 18 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 19 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 19 · 500 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 20 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 20 · 500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye kâtibi · Şemamek · age 21 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Şemamek Arazi-i Seniyye başkâtibi · Şemamek · age 21 · 650 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi · Basra · age 22 · 550 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Basra Vilayeti Muhasebe Cedvel kâtibi · Basra · age 23 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi · Mosul (Musul) · age 23 · 600 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi · Mosul (Musul) · age 24 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Musul Vilayeti Duhan Rejisi başkâtibi · Mosul (Musul) · age 25 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonuna bağlı Çiftlikât-ı Hümayun başkâtibi · age 25 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bağdat [source]Bağdad [1]
Birth province
Bağdat [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i Şahane zabiti [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.975 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
okur [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Bağdad İbtidai Mektebi; Bağdad medreseleri; Askerî Rüşdiye [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
Bağdat [source]Bağdad [1]
First-salary field
50 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 131, 132

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