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Mustafa Şevki 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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistan
  2. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıElbistanContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesElbistan

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Elbistan · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Arazi kâtibiElbistan

    1. Arazi kâtibi

      Elbistan · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  11. 1871/72 (AH 1288)KaymakamRaqqa (Rakka) · Albu-Kemal · 1,800; 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Raqqa (Rakka) · Calculated age 31 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Albu-Kemal · Calculated age 31 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  12. 1873/74 (AH 1290)KaymakamKarapinar · 1,120 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Karapinar · Calculated age 33 · 1,120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  13. 1877/78 (AH 1294)KaymakamKurucay · 1,120 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Kurucay · Calculated age 37 · 1,120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1882/83 (AH 1300)KaymakamNusaybin · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nusaybin · Calculated age 43 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  15. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesNusaybin · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nusaybin · Calculated age 44 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 44

      [1]

  16. 1884/85 (AH 1302)KaymakamPah · 1,170 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Pah · Calculated age 45 · 1,170 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  17. 1885/86 (AH 1303)KaymakamPah · Carsancak · 1,170; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Pah · Calculated age 46 · 1,170 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Carsancak · Calculated age 46 · 1,200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  18. 1887/88 (AH 1305)İstifa

    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 48

      [1]

  19. 1888/89 (AH 1306)KaymakamCizre · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Cizre · Calculated age 49 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  20. 1889/90 (AH 1307)KaymakamCizre · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Cizre · Calculated age 50 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesCizre · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Cizre · Calculated age 51 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 51

      [1]

  22. 1894/95 (AH 1312)KaymakamCebel-i Reyme · 2,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Cebel-i Reyme · Calculated age 55 · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  23. Undated entriesGörevin sona ermesi · 7 career entriesBozkır · 1,120; 1,500 kuruş

    2. Azil

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    6. İstifa

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    7. Kaymakam

      Bozkır · 1,120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,2502,5001871/72AH 12881894/95AH 13121871/72 (AH 1288) · Kaymakam · Raqqa (Rakka) · age 31 · 2,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Kaymakam · Albu-Kemal · age 31 · 1,800 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Kaymakam · Karapinar · age 33 · 1,120 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Kaymakam · Kurucay · age 37 · 1,120 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kaymakam · Nusaybin · age 43 · 1,500 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Kaymakam · Nusaybin · age 44 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Kaymakam · Pah · age 45 · 1,170 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakam · Pah · age 46 · 1,170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakam · Carsancak · age 46 · 1,200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaymakam · Cizre · age 49 · 1,500 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Kaymakam · Cizre · age 50 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kaymakam · Cizre · age 51 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaymakam · Cebel-i Reyme · age 55 · 2,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth year
1841/42 (AH 1257) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 2/844 [1]BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Elbistan mektep ve medreseleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Elbistan [source]
First work year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Apprenticeship
8 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 78, 79

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