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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. 1885/86 (AH 1303)postahane emanet-i mevrude memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş
  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)postahane emanet-i mevrude memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 550 kuruş
  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 495 kuruş
  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)postahane muayene memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 600 kuruş
  6. 1903/04 (AH 1321)postahane muayene memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  7. Undated entriesPostahane-i Amire Kalem Odası stajyeri · 6 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100; 200; 300; 600 kuruş

    2. Postahane-i Amire Kalem Odası stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001885/86AH 13031901/02AH 13191885/86 (AH 1303) · postahane emanet-i mevrude memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 550 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · postahane tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 495 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · postahane muayene memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ohri [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
tahsil [source]
Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
tahsil [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Ohri Rüştiyesi [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
31 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. II. Abdülhamid döneminde sicill-i ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı Devleti'nde Ohri doğumlu memurlar

    ÖMER ÖĞÜT · 2026 · Pages 121, 122

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