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Mehmed Ferhad 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. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 200 kuruş
  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi · 2 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine) · 200; 300 kuruş

    1. Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Deâvî kâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Deâvî kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Deâvî kâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Deâvî kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Deâvî kâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Deâvî kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Deâvî kâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Deâvî kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Deâvî kâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1878 (AH 1295)Infisal · 2 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine)

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 37

      [1]

  10. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Fahri müstantik muaviniKomotini (Gümülcine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Fahri müstantik muavini

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımıKomotini (Gümülcine) · 270 kuruş
  12. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımıKomotini (Gümülcine) · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 40 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımıKomotini (Gümülcine) · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 41 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımıKomotini (Gümülcine) · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 42 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımıKomotini (Gümülcine) · 270 kuruş

    1. Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 43 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001870/71AH 12871883/84AH 13011870/71 (AH 1287) · Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 29 · 200 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 30 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 32 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Deâvî kâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 32 · 300 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Deâvî kâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Deâvî kâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Deâvî kâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 35 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Deâvî kâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 36 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 39 · 270 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 40 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 41 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 42 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 43 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidâyet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi âzâ mülâzımı · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 43 · 270 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gümülcine [source]
Birth year
1842/43 (AH 1258) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5/555 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [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

Age at first service
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gümülcine [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [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.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 Gümülcineli devlet adamları

    ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 95, 96

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