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Ahmed Cevdet Efendi

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Archive reference: 40/249; 492

Biographical account

Born in Bursa, 1861/62 (AH 1278). The father’s recorded occupation was Müderris. Education included Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i rüşdiye. First work is recorded at Hüdâvendigâr in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Career entries include mülâzemetle ... muhâsebe kalemi; Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki. The surviving career entries cover 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1909/10 (AH 1327).

Career across the sources

58 career entries across 33 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

Bursa

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
15mülâzemetle ... muhâsebe kalemiHüdâvendigâr
17Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki40
18Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki40
18Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki
18Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki
18Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

58 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
mülâzemetle ... muhâsebe kalemiFinance and revenueHüdâvendigâr[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki40[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki40[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki120[1]
Karahisar-ı sahib sancağı katibi refiki70[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati (maaş zammı: 45 guruş)[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati (maaş zammı: 5 guruş)[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
vukuat kitâbeti refâkati (maaş zammı: 25 guruş)[1]
kitâbet-i mezbure195[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
kitâbet-i mezbure195[1]
vukuat kitâbeti refâkati200[1]
vukuat kitâbeti refâkati250[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
vukuat kitâbeti refâkati250[1]
vukuat kitâbeti refâkati280[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati[1]
mesâlih-i (Okunamadı) kitâbeti refâkati150[1]
mesârifat ve cedavel kitâbeti refâkati325[1]
mesârifat ve cedavel kitâbeti refâkati325[1]

Showing the first 30 of 58 career entries. Read every entry and source account.

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar (DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK, 2019). Pages 45,46

    Archive references: 40/249; 492

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: Bursa_saved_source_bounded_intervals.

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr
Birth year as recorded
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Father’s occupation
Müderris
Age at first service
15
First work place as recorded
Hüdâvendigâr
First work year as recorded
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Muslim indicator (recorded code)
1
Religion
İslam

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
2
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i rüşdiye
Education level (coded)
7

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