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Mehmed 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusuAntalya · 150 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusu

      Antalya · Calculated age 15 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusu · 2 career entriesAntalya · 150 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusu

      Antalya · Calculated age 16 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Rüsûmât ve Düyûn-ı Umûmiye müşterek kolcusu · 2 career entriesAntalya · 150; 200 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât ve Düyûn-ı Umûmiye müşterek kolcusu

      Antalya · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı

      Antalya · Calculated age 17 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırıAntalya · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı

      Antalya · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı · 2 career entriesAntalya · 200; 250 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı

      Antalya · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · 2 career entriesAntalya · 250; 350 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 20 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 21 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 22 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 23 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 24 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 25 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 26 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibiAntalya · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 28 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesAntalya · Finike · 350 kuruş
    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 29 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat Memuru

      Finike · Calculated age 29 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01753501886/87AH 13041900/01AH 13181886/87 (AH 1304) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusu · Antalya · age 15 · 150 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü kolcusu · Antalya · age 16 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Rüsûmât ve Düyûn-ı Umûmiye müşterek kolcusu · Antalya · age 16 · 150 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Rüsûmât ve Düyûn-ı Umûmiye müşterek kolcusu · Antalya · age 17 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı · Antalya · age 17 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı · Antalya · age 18 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü mubassırı · Antalya · age 19 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Antalya · age 19 · 250 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Antalya · age 20 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 20 · 350 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 21 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 22 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 23 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 24 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 25 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 26 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 27 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 28 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü ikinci kâtibi · Antalya · age 29 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsumat Memuru · Finike · age 29 · 350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Antalya [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
Muytab [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. 89/279 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Antalya Sıbyan Mektebi ve Rüşdiyesi [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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Antalya [source]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [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. 1879-1909 tarihli Sicil-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Antalya doğumlu memurlar

    OZAN CAN AKPINAR · 2017 · Pages 240, 241

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