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Mehmed Servet 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahâne Pusula Odası

    1. Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisi

      Fetvahâne Pusula Odası · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Fetva Odası görevlisiFetvahâne Fetva Odası

    1. Fetva Odası görevlisi

      Fetvahâne Fetva Odası · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesFetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisi · 17 career entriesFetvahâne Pusula Odası · Fetvahâne · Çankırı · Mersin · Karamürsel · Amasya · Isparta · CanikDeath recorded

    3. Müsevvid mülâzımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Fetvahâne

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Müsevvid

      Fetvahâne

      [1]

    5. Nâib

      Çankırı

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    6. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Çankırı

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    7. Nâib

      Mersin

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    8. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Mersin

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. Nâib

      Karamürsel

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    10. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Karamürsel

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    11. Nâib

      Amasya

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    12. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Amasya

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    13. Nâib

      Isparta

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    14. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Isparta

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    15. Nâib

      Canik

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    16. Nâib (İnfisal)

      Canik

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    17. Vefat

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dökmeciler Mahallesi, Eyüp, İstanbul [source]
Birth year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kibâr müderrisi ve Fetvahâne başmüsevvidi [source]
Archive references
M.Ş.A. nr. 173/8/1 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 173/8/5 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Education
Mahalle mektebi; Zeyrek Sultan Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Fetvahâne Pusula Odası [source]
First work year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Apprenticeship
4.5833333333 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 142, 143

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