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Mustafa Eşref Paşa

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. 1853/54 (AH 1270)Tabur Kâtibi · 2 career entries

    1. Tabur Kâtibi

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  2. 1856/57 (AH 1273)kai'makam

    1. kai'makam

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  3. 1862/63 (AH 1279)üçüncü ordu-yı hümâyun redif birinci alayı; miralay
  4. 1866/67 (AH 1283)ordu-yu mezkûr erkanı; mirliva
  5. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Hassa ordu-yu hümâyunu riyaseti; ferik
  6. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tahran sefaret-i seniyyesiTahran · 285 kuruş

    1. Tahran sefaret-i seniyyesi

      Tahran · Calculated age 54 · 285 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1876/77 (AH 1293)İşkodra fırkası kumandanlığına inzimamı ile mutasarrıflık · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 10,000 kuruş

    2. Selanik valiliği; müşir

      · Calculated age 58

      [1]

  8. Undated entriesaltıncı ordu-yu hümâyun riyaseti · 5 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Tahran · Trabzon

    2. İstifa

      Tahran

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05,00010,0001872/73AH 12891876/77AH 12931872/73 (AH 1289) · Tahran sefaret-i seniyyesi · Tahran · age 54 · 285 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · İşkodra fırkası kumandanlığına inzimamı ile mutasarrıflık · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 58 · 10,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth year
1819/20 (AH 1235) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
22/77; 151 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
kitâbet eder [source]
Persian
kitâbet eder [source]
Turkish
kitâbet eder [source]
Education
atik mekteb-i ceriyye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
35 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 332,333

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