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Seyit Mehmet 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. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Sivas mahkemesi ve tahrir-i emlak kalemiSivas
  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahıSivas vilayeti · 190 kuruş
    1. tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı

      Sivas vilayeti · Calculated age 24 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahıSivas vilayeti · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı

      Sivas vilayeti · Calculated age 25 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı · 3 career entriesSivas vilayeti · Darende · 90; 190 kuruş
    1. tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı

      Sivas vilayeti · Calculated age 26 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı (İstifa)

      Sivas vilayeti · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. vukuat kitabeti refakati memuru

      Darende · Calculated age 26 · 90 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)vukuat kitabeti refakati memuru (İnfisal)Darende
    1. vukuat kitabeti refakati memuru (İnfisal)

      Darende · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)vukuat kitabeti refakatiSarız Saidabad nahiyesi · 150 kuruş
    1. vukuat kitabeti refakati

      Sarız Saidabad nahiyesi · Calculated age 28 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesvukuat kitabeti refakati memuru · 2 career entriesDarende · Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) · 50; 250 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

0951901877/78AH 12941880/81AH 12981877/78 (AH 1294) · tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı · Sivas vilayeti · age 24 · 190 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı · Sivas vilayeti · age 25 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · tahrir seyyar yedinci fırkası messahı · Sivas vilayeti · age 26 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · vukuat kitabeti refakati memuru · Darende · age 26 · 90 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · vukuat kitabeti refakati · Sarız Saidabad nahiyesi · age 28 · 150 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00020, s.485 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas rüştiyesi [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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas [source]
First work year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 394

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