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Mehmet Tevfik 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)Defter-i Hakanî Senedat Kalemi memuru
  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruş
  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 28 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1875/76 (AH 1292)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 29 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1876/77 (AH 1293)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1877/78 (AH 1294)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 31 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1878 (AH 1295)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 32 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1878/79 (AH 1296)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 33 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1879/80 (AH 1297)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 34 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1880/81 (AH 1298)İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 1,000; 1,250 kuruş
    1. İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 35 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      · Calculated age 35 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Kaymakam · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaymakam

      · Calculated age 36 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Kaymakam · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaymakam

      · Calculated age 37 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)KaymakamBergama · 1,250; 1,750 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      · Calculated age 38 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Bergama · Calculated age 38 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesBâb-ı Seraskerî Nizamiye Yoklaması memuru

Recorded pay

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

08751,7501873/74AH 12901883/84AH 13011873/74 (AH 1290) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 28 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 29 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 31 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 32 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 33 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 34 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · İzmir Demiryolu İnşaat Komisyonu Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 35 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Kaymakam · age 35 · 1,250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Kaymakam · age 36 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kaymakam · age 37 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Kaymakam · age 38 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Kaymakam · Bergama · age 38 · 1,750 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00325 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Mukaddemat-ı Ulûm [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 73, 74

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