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Mehmed Salih 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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Askerlik (kura ile)

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Askerlik (kura ile)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Askerlik (kura ile)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Askerlik (kura ile)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Askerlik (kura ile)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Askerlik (kura ile)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Askerlik (kura ile) · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Onbaşı

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Askerlik (kura ile) · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik (kura ile)

      · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Askerlik (kura ile) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Nüfus kâtibiEleftheroupoli (Pravişte) · 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501907/08AH 13251907/08 (AH 1325) · Nüfus kâtibi · Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) · age 32 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Berber [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi (vasat) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Drama ibtidai mektebi; rüşdiye mektebi [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
32 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Pravişte [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1907/08 (AH 1325) [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 89, 90

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