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Mehmet Şevki 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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazımJerusalem (Kudüs)
  2. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım · 2 career entriesJerusalem (Kudüs) · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım

      Jerusalem (Kudüs) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001907/08AH 13251907/08 (AH 1325) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakati · Jerusalem (Kudüs) · age 20 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i şâhâne yüzbaşısı [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Âlâ derecede rüştiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Urfa Rüştiyesi [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kudüs [source]
First work year
1906/07 (AH 1324) [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 kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 69

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