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Mehmet Şevket Efendi

Birthplace: dersaadet Observed AH 1279–1322 (1862–1905)

4_185; 364Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1259 (1843–1844). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Edirne in AH 1277 (1860–1861), 18 AH years after the recorded birth year, with “Telgraf” as first-job wording. The surviving career record covers 40 distinct AH years in AH 1279–1322 (1862–1905), with gaps; it begins with Muhabere memuru in Edirne (200 kuruş monthly). Basmudur appears later, in AH 1322 (1904–1905), with 4,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Mehmet Şevket Efendi's death is recorded under AH 1323 (1905–1906).

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Life and career

40 recorded AH years · 40 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1259 (1843–1844)
AH 1277 (1860–1861)Birth-year difference: 18 AH years
AH 1279 (1862–1863)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1280 (1863–1864)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1281 (1864–1865)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1282 (1865–1866)Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1285–1288 (1868–1872)Birth-year difference: 26–29 AH years
AH 1289–1292 (1872–1876)Birth-year difference: 30–33 AH years
AH 1293–1296 (1876–1879)Birth-year difference: 34–37 AH years
AH 1297 (1879–1880)Birth-year difference: 38 AH years
AH 1298–1299 (1880–1882)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1300 (1882–1883)Birth-year difference: 41 AH years
AH 1301–1305 (1883–1888)Birth-year difference: 42–46 AH years
AH 1306–1309 (1888–1892)Birth-year difference: 47–50 AH years
AH 1310 (1892–1893)
No annual career entries
The source record is open here. A later change cannot be dated within this interval.
AH 1311 (1893–1894)Birth-year difference: 52 AH years
AH 1312–1318 (1894–1901)Birth-year difference: 53–59 AH years
AH 1319–1320 (1901–1903)Birth-year difference: 60–61 AH years
AH 1321 (1903–1904)Birth-year difference: 62 AH years
AH 1322 (1904–1905)Birth-year difference: 63 AH years
AH 1323 (1905–1906)

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1279 (1862–1863)

Muhabere memuru · edirne · 200 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1277 (1860–1861) in Edirne (Telgraf). The first-salary field is 200 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1277 (1860–1861)TelgrafEdirne

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Recorded death

AH 1323 (1905–1906) · “vefat”

The personnel record lists “vefat” under this year.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality edirne → beyrut
Salary 200 to 250 kuruş +50 (+25%)
No annual entries for AH 1281 (1864–1865). Changes span the gap.
Locality beyrut → edirne
Salary 250 to 560 kuruş +310 (+124%)
Title Muhabere memuru → Muharrerat Memuru
Salary 560 to 750 kuruş +190 (+33.93%)
Title Muharrerat Memuru → Telgraf Memuru
Locality edirne → istanbul
Salary 750 to 800 kuruş +50 (+6.67%)
Title Telgraf Memuru → Muhasebe Kalemi
Salary 800 to 960 kuruş +160 (+20%)
Salary 960 to 1,200 kuruş +240 (+25%)
Title Muhasebe Kalemi → Pul Kitabeti
Salary 1,200 to 1,700 kuruş +500 (+41.67%)
Title Pul Kitabeti → Posta Kalemi Mumeyyizligi
Salary 1,700 to 2,000 kuruş +300 (+17.65%)
Title Posta Kalemi Mumeyyizligi → Muhasebe Kalemi muduru
Salary 2,000 to 1,600 kuruş -400 (-20%)
No annual entries for AH 1298–1299 (1880–1882). Changes span the gap.
Title Muhasebe Kalemi muduru → Mudur muavini
Locality istanbul → galata
Salary 1,600 to 2,500 kuruş +900 (+56.25%)
Title Mudur muavini → Mufettis
Locality galata → edirne
Title Mufettis → Basmudur
Locality edirne → trablusgarp
Salary 2,500 to 3,000 kuruş +500 (+20%)
No annual entries for AH 1310 (1892–1893). Changes span the gap.
Locality trablusgarp → bagdat
Salary 3,000 to 2,700 kuruş -300 (-10%)
Locality bagdat → sivas
Salary 2,700 to 2,250 kuruş -450 (-16.67%)
Locality sivas → van
Salary 2,250 to 2,650 kuruş +400 (+17.78%)
Locality van → yemen
Salary 2,650 to 4,000 kuruş +1,350 (+50.94%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1277 (1860–1861)TelgrafEdirne

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 4_185; 364

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · Associated source-year values: 1298
Linked-workbook legal-record code field (meaning unverified): 0 · Linked personnel workbook · AH 1298 (1880–1881)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1279–1280 (1862–1864), AH 1282–1297 (1865–1880), AH 1300–1309 (1882–1892), AH 1311–1322 (1893–1905)

Legal wording and source descriptions

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1279–1280 (1862–1864), AH 1282–1297 (1865–1880), AH 1300–1309 (1882–1892), AH 1311–1322 (1893–1905) · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
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