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Mehmed Ağa

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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu · 2 career entriesBaharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu

      Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 27 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 27 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısıKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 28 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısıKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 29 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısıKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 30 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısıKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 31 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısıKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 32 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · 2 career entriesKarataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · İskenderun · 150 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı

      Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · Calculated age 33 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat kantarcısı

      İskenderun · Calculated age 33 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Rüsûmat kantarcısıİskenderun · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat kantarcısı

      İskenderun · Calculated age 34 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Rüsûmat kantarcısıİskenderun · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat kantarcısı

      İskenderun · Calculated age 35 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Rüsûmat kantarcısıİskenderun · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat kantarcısı

      İskenderun · Calculated age 36 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Rüsûmat kantarcısı · 3 career entriesİskenderun · 150; 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat kantarcısı

      İskenderun · Calculated age 37 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru

      İskenderun · Calculated age 37 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru

      İskenderun · Calculated age 37 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesRüsûmat memuru (unvan belirsiz) · 3 career entriesMedina (Medine) · 250; 300; 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

01503001894/95AH 13121904/05AH 13221894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu · Baharlı (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 27 · 150 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 27 · 150 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 28 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 29 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 30 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 31 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 32 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsûmat piyade kolcusu/kantarcısı · Karataş (Mersin Sancağı Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü) · age 33 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsûmat kantarcısı · İskenderun · age 33 · 150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Rüsûmat kantarcısı · İskenderun · age 34 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Rüsûmat kantarcısı · İskenderun · age 35 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Rüsûmat kantarcısı · İskenderun · age 36 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmat kantarcısı · İskenderun · age 37 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru · İskenderun · age 37 · 150 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmat muhafaza memuru · İskenderun · age 37 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 131-78 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Harput 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
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Baharlı [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
1894/95 (AH 1312) [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 defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 87, 88

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