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Mehmed Ali 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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)StajyerSuriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi

    1. Stajyer

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  2. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Stajyer · 2 career entriesSuriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · 50 kuruş

    1. Stajyer

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kâtip

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 17 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Kâtip · 3 career entriesSuriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · 50; 100; 125 kuruş

    1. Kâtip

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi Refik-i Sanisi

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi Refik-i Sanisi

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)KâtipSuriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · 50 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kâtip

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 19 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Kâtip · 2 career entriesSuriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · 50 kuruş

    1. Kâtip

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 20 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi Refik-i Sanisi (İnfisal)

      Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · Calculated age 20

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

062.51251895/96AH 13131898/99AH 13161895/96 (AH 1313) · Kâtip · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 17 · 50 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kâtip · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 18 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi Refik-i Sanisi · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 18 · 100 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi Refik-i Sanisi · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 18 · 125 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kâtip · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 19 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Kâtip · Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi · age 20 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan; Rüşdiye [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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Suriye Defter-i Hakani Kalemi [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.97 [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 Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 273, 274

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