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MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (A)

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. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 80 kuruş
  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 80 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 80 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 80; 320 kuruş

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01603201880/81AH 12981883/84AH 13011880/81 (AH 1298) · Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 18 · 80 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 20 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 21 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru · age 21 · 320 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth province
Tuna [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Father’s occupation
Debbağ [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Varna Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Rüşdiye şehadetnamesini alamamış [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

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 place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
80 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
1880/81 (AH 1298) [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 Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 154, 155

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