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Ahmed Mazhar Efendi

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Biographical account

Born in Samsun, 1871/72 (AH 1288). The father’s recorded occupation was Tokat sancağı ser tahsildarı (sabık). Education included Mekteb-i Sıbyan; Tokat, Amasya Rüştiyesi; özel Fransızca muallimi. First work is recorded at Trabzon in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Career entries include Düyun-u Umumiye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı; Meclis-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı. The surviving career entries cover 1886/87 (AH 1304) to 1888/89 (AH 1306).

Career across the sources

4 career entries across 3 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

SamsunIstanbul (Dersaadet)Trabzon

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
16Düyun-u Umumiye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTrabzon
17Meclis-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
Source-bounded service18Meclis-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
18terk-i hizmet (İnfisal)

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

4 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Düyun-u Umumiye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTrabzon[1]
Meclis-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)[1]
Meclis-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)[1]
terk-i hizmet (İnfisal)[1]

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Samsunlu devlet memurları (1879-1909) (MERVE ÖZİNAN, 2026). Pages 119, 120
About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Samsunlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

Personal details

Birthplace
Samsun
Birth year as recorded
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Father’s occupation
Tokat sancağı ser tahsildarı (sabık)
Age at first service
16
First work place as recorded
Trabzon
First work year as recorded
1886/87 (AH 1304)

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
0.5
French
Kitâbet
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Mekteb-i Sıbyan; Tokat, Amasya Rüştiyesi; özel Fransızca muallimi

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