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Mustafa Asım 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. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgrafhane mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)
  2. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgrafhane mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 3 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · 600 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001906/07AH 13241906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Yanbu (Yenbuülbahr) · age 18 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1888/89 (AH 1306) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/401, s.401 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi, aliyyü’l-a‘lâ derece [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Cidde 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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Cidde [source]
First work year
1904/05 (AH 1322) [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 242

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