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Mehmed Behçet 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. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Mahkeme mülâzemetiİskilip

    1. Mahkeme mülâzemeti

      İskilip · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Aşar kol kâtipliği · 2 career entriesİskilip

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Infisal · 4 career entriesİskilip · 180; 200 kuruş

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    2. Belediye kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 24 · 180 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Fahrî maarif kâtipliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 33

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Fahrî maarif kâtipliği · 2 career entriesİskilip

    1. Fahrî maarif kâtipliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  14. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Hazine vekilliğiİskilip

    1. Hazine vekilliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 36

      [1]

  15. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Hazine vekilliğiİskilipContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hazine vekilliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Hazine vekilliği · 2 career entriesİskilip

    1. Hazine vekilliği

      İskilip · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesSandık eminliğiİskilip

Recorded pay

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

01002001882/83AH 13001882/83 (AH 1300) · Belediye kâtipliği · İskilip · age 24 · 200 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrirat kâtipliği · İskilip · age 24 · 180 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Taşköprü [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i şâhâne tabur kâtibi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,121/315 [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d.,106/119 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İskilip [source]
First work year
1874/75 (AH 1291) [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 Taşköprülü memurlar

    VİLDAN ŞAHİN · 2023 · Pages 121, 122

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