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Mehmet Salih 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)vergi kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesAdapazarı · 200 kuruş

    2. vergi kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Adapazarı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru · 3 career entriesAdapazarı · 200 kuruş

    1. ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru

      Adapazarı · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Adapazarı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)aşar kol muharriri · 2 career entriesAdapazarı

    1. aşar kol muharriri

      Adapazarı

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. aşar kol muharriri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Adapazarı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)vergi kâtibi vekili · 2 career entries · 300 kuruş

    2. vergi kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Ziraat Bankası idare-i merkeziyesi muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 200 kuruş
  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · 2 career entries

    2. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · 2 career entries

    2. Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili · 2 career entriesSaruhan

    2. Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Saruhan

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  9. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Ziraat Bankası şube memuruDenizli · 900 kuruş
  10. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Ziraat Bankası memuruAydın · 1,200 kuruş
  11. Undated entriesZiraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniSaruhan · 500; 600 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

06001,2001883/84AH 13011910/11AH 13281883/84 (AH 1301) · ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru · Adapazarı · 200 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · ikinci fırka-i seyyare memuru · Adapazarı · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · vergi kâtibi vekili · 300 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Ziraat Bankası idare-i merkeziyesi muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 200 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Ziraat Bankası şube memuru · Denizli · 900 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Ziraat Bankası memuru · Aydın · 1,200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Father’s occupation
topçu yüzbaşı (Çatalca istihkamatı memuru) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 101/253 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]şahadetname (aliyyü'l-âlâ) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Silistre Mehmet Hoca Mekteb-i İdadisi; Adapazarı Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
9 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

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
Adapazarı [source]
First work year
1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 68, 69

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