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MUSTAFA SEVFAT EFENDİ

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. 1867/68 (AH 1284)mülazım (kalem)Bağdat vilayeti meclis-i kebir kalemi

    1. mülazım (kalem)

      Bağdat vilayeti meclis-i kebir kalemi · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  2. 1868/69 (AH 1285)mülazım (kalem) · 3 career entriesBağdat vilayeti meclis-i kebir kalemi · Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · 200 kuruş

    1. mülazım (kalem)

      Bağdat vilayeti meclis-i kebir kalemi · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. mülazım (kalem) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Bağdat vilayeti meclis-i kebir kalemi · Calculated age 17

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 17 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1869/70 (AH 1286)tahrirat kalemi memuruBağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)tahrirat kalemi memuruBağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)tahrirat kalemi memuru · 3 career entriesBağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tahrirat kalemi memuru (Nakil)

      Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. mektupçu kalemi kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1872/73 (AH 1289)mektupçu kalemi kâtibiBağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · 350 kuruş

    1. mektupçu kalemi kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Calculated age 21 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1873/74 (AH 1290)mektupçu kalemi kâtibiBağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektupçu kalemi kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Calculated age 22 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1874/75 (AH 1291)mektupçu kalemi kâtibi · 3 career entriesBağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · 350; 400 kuruş

    1. mektupçu kalemi kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Calculated age 23 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. mektupçu kalemi kâtibi (Nakil)

      Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi

      Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1875/76 (AH 1292)tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibiBağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi

      Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1876/77 (AH 1293)tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibiBağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi

      Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1877/78 (AH 1294)tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi · 3 career entriesBağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · 0; 400 kuruş

    1. tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi

      Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. maaşsız devam

      Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · Calculated age 26 · 0 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1878 (AH 1295)maaşsız devam · 3 career entriesBağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · 0; 550 kuruş

    1. maaşsız devam

      Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · Calculated age 27 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. maaşsız devam (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · Calculated age 27 · 550 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1878/79 (AH 1296)defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibiBağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · 580 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · Calculated age 28 · 580 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1879/80 (AH 1297)defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibiBağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · 468 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · Calculated age 29 · 468 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesdefter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibiBağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · 500 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi

      Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02905801868/69AH 12851879/80AH 12971868/69 (AH 1285) · tahrirat kalemi memuru · Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · age 17 · 200 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · tahrirat kalemi memuru · Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · age 18 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · tahrirat kalemi memuru · Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · age 19 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · tahrirat kalemi memuru · Bağdat merkez mutasarrıflığı · age 20 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · mektupçu kalemi kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · age 20 · 250 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · mektupçu kalemi kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · age 21 · 350 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · mektupçu kalemi kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · age 22 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · mektupçu kalemi kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti mektupçu kalemi · age 23 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi · Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · age 23 · 400 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi · Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi · Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · tahrirat kalemi müsvedde kâtibi · Bağdat merkez kaymakamlığı · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · maaşsız devam · Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · age 26 · 0 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · maaşsız devam · Bağdat vilayeti mektubi kalemi · age 27 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · age 27 · 550 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · age 28 · 580 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · defter-i hakani tahrirat kâtibi · Bağdat vilayeti defter-i hakani kalemi · age 29 · 468 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kerkük [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİD,00006_00105 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bağdat [source]
First work year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 40, 41

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