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Mehmet Ağa

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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Asker
    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)AskerContinuing service described by the source
    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)AskerContinuing service described by the source
    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)AskerContinuing service described by the source
    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Asker · 2 career entries
    1. Asker

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Asker (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Infisal
    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  7. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Vakıf ormanları piyade korucusuİstranca Vakıf Ormanları · 250 kuruş
    1. Vakıf ormanları piyade korucusu

      İstranca Vakıf Ormanları · Calculated age 36 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501897/98AH 13151897/98 (AH 1315) · Vakıf ormanları piyade korucusu · İstranca Vakıf Ormanları · age 36 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tatar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00106/00137 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Okuma yazma öğrenememiş [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
36 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstranca [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1897/98 (AH 1315) [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 defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 101, 102

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