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Mustafa Lütfi 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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgraf Merkezi mülazımı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 200 kuruş

    2. Telgraf muvassalı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. Postahane taahhüt memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Postahane taahhüt memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Postahane taahhüt memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Postahane taahhüt memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Postahane taahhüt memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 250; 275 kuruş

    1. Postahane taahhüt memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Postahane taahhüt memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 275 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesPostahane taahhüt memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 325 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

0137.52751888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgraf muvassalı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Postahane taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Postahane taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Postahane taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 250 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Postahane taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Postahane taahhüt memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 275 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mülkiye kaymakamı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 62/405 [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 62/405, s.405 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Dinî ilimlerin başlangıçları; Arapça sarf ve nahiv; Farsça Gülistan; coğrafya ve hesap [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [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
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 259

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