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Mehmet Şerif 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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliğiKütahya · 50 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 19 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği · 2 career entriesKütahya · 50 kuruş

    1. Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 20 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Zabıta Bölüğü mülazım-ı saniliğiKütahyaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Zabıta Bölüğü mülazım-ı saniliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Zabıta Bölüğü mülazım-ı saniliği · 4 career entriesKütahya

    1. Zabıta Bölüğü mülazım-ı saniliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Zabıta Bölüğü mülazım-ı saniliği (İnfisal)

      Kütahya · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    3. Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Meclis-i Cinayet Kalemi mukayyitliğiKütahyaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Cinayet Kalemi mukayyitliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Meclis-i Cinayet Kalemi mukayyitliği · 2 career entriesKütahya · Simav · 250 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Cinayet Kalemi mukayyitliği

      Kütahya · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti

      Simav · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Meclis-i Deavi kitabetiSimav · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti

      Simav · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Meclis-i Deavi kitabetiSimav · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti

      Simav · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Meclis-i Deavi kitabetiSimav · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti

      Simav · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1878 (AH 1295)Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · 2 career entriesSimav · 250 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti

      Simav · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi zabıt kitabetiKütahya · 300 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi zabıt kitabeti

      Kütahya · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001869/70AH 12861879/80AH 12971869/70 (AH 1286) · Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği · Kütahya · age 19 · 50 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Zabıt Dairesi mukayyitliği · Kütahya · age 20 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · Simav · age 24 · 250 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · Simav · age 25 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · Simav · age 26 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · Simav · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Meclis-i Deavi kitabeti · Simav · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi zabıt kitabeti · Kütahya · age 30 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Sarf, Nahiv ve bir miktar Farsça [source]
Education
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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kütahya [source]
First-salary field
50 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
1869/70 (AH 1286) [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 Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 151

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