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Mehmed Kudsi 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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)mülazım (kalem)İstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi

    1. mülazım (kalem)

      İstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)mülazım (kalem) · 2 career entriesİstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi · 15 kuruş

    1. mülazım (kalem)

      İstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. kalem memuru

      İstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi · Calculated age 22 · 15 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Zabıt Kâtibiİstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · 130; 230 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 25 · 130 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    2. Zabıt Kâtibi

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 25 · 230 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Zabıt Kâtibiİstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · 230 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 26 · 230 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Zabıt Kâtibi · 4 career entriesİstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · 230; 330 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 27 · 230 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. dördüncü sınıf katip

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 27 · 330 kuruş

      [1]

    3. dördüncü sınıf katip (İstifa)

      İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Infisal

      · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  6. 1909/10 (AH 1327)hukuk müşaviriHazine-i Hassa · 2,000 kuruş

    1. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 35 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1910/11 (AH 1328)hukuk müşaviriHazine-i Hassa · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 36 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1911 (AH 1329)hukuk müşaviriHazine-i Hassa · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 37 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1911/12 (AH 1330)hukuk müşaviriHazine-i Hassa · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 38 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1912/13 (AH 1331)hukuk müşaviriHazine-i Hassa · 2,000; 2,500 kuruş

    1. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 39 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. hukuk müşaviri

      Hazine-i Hassa · Calculated age 39 · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,2502,5001896/97AH 13141912/13AH 13311896/97 (AH 1314) · kalem memuru · İstanbul mahkemesi birinci hukuk dairesi kalemi · age 22 · 15 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Zabıt Kâtibi · İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · age 25 · 130 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Zabıt Kâtibi · İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · age 25 · 230 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Zabıt Kâtibi · İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · age 26 · 230 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Zabıt Kâtibi · İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · age 27 · 230 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · dördüncü sınıf katip · İstanbul mahkeme-i istinaf hukuk dairesi · age 27 · 330 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 35 · 2,000 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 36 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911 (AH 1329) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 37 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911/12 (AH 1330) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 38 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1912/13 (AH 1331) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 39 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1912/13 (AH 1331) · hukuk müşaviri · Hazine-i Hassa · age 39 · 2,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kırşehir [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kengri defter-i hakani memuru [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 75/395, s.395 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]idadi şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Kırşehir ibtidai; Kırşehir idadi mülkiye; Mekteb-i Hukuk (devam) [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [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 Kırşehir doğumlu devlet adamları

    TÜLAY TERYAKİOĞLU · 2013 · Pages 134, 135

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