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Mehmed Recep 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. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Zabıt KâtibiKırşehir · 120 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 19 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Zabıt KâtibiKırşehir · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 20 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Zabıt KâtibiKırşehir · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 21 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1878 (AH 1295)Zabıt KâtibiKırşehir · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 22 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Zabıt KâtibiKırşehir · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 23 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Zabıt Kâtibi · 3 career entriesKırşehir · 120; 200 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Kâtibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 24 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. zabıt katibi (Nakil)

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Military service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. rüsumat katibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1880/81 (AH 1298)rüsumat katibi · 3 career entriesKırşehir · 200 kuruş

    1. rüsumat katibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. rüsumat katibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  8. 1881/82 (AH 1299)defter-i hakani ikinci katibiKırşehir · 300 kuruş

    1. defter-i hakani ikinci katibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1882/83 (AH 1300)aşar ve ambar memuruTepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası · 350 kuruş

    1. aşar ve ambar memuru

      Tepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1884/85 (AH 1302)sertahsildarMecidiye

    1. sertahsildar

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  11. 1885/86 (AH 1303)sertahsildar · 2 career entriesMecidiye

    1. sertahsildar

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. sertahsildar (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. 1889/90 (AH 1307)merkez ambar ve emlak katibi · 4 career entriesKırşehir · 150; 200 kuruş

    1. merkez ambar ve emlak katibi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 34 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    2. muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 34 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi (Nakil)

      Kırşehir · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  13. 1892/93 (AH 1310)ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi vekiliAvanos · 200 kuruş

    1. ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi vekili

      Avanos · Calculated age 37 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  14. 1895/96 (AH 1313)ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi (Nakil) · 2 career entriesAvanos · Keskin · 400 kuruş

    1. ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi (Nakil)

      Avanos · Calculated age 40

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi

      Keskin · Calculated age 40 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesmülazım (muhasebe kalemi) · 3 career entriesKırşehir · Avanos · 400 kuruş

    2. mülazım (muhasebe kalemi) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Kırşehir

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001875/76AH 12921895/96AH 13131875/76 (AH 1292) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 19 · 120 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 20 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 21 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 22 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 23 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Zabıt Kâtibi · Kırşehir · age 24 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · rüsumat katibi · Kırşehir · age 24 · 200 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · rüsumat katibi · Kırşehir · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · defter-i hakani ikinci katibi · Kırşehir · age 26 · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · aşar ve ambar memuru · Tepecik köyü, Mecidiye kazası · age 27 · 350 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · merkez ambar ve emlak katibi · Kırşehir · age 34 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi · Kırşehir · age 34 · 150 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi vekili · Avanos · age 37 · 200 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · ziraat bankası sandığı muhasebe katibi · Keskin · age 40 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kırşehir [source]
Birth year
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 99/375, s.395 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
kitâbet (değerli) [source]
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

First work place
Kırşehir sancağı muhasebe kalemi [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 Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Kırşehir doğumlu devlet adamları

    TÜLAY TERYAKİOĞLU · 2013 · Pages 136, 137, 138

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