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Mehmed Servet Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Mehmed Servet Efendi was born in Dökmeciler Mahallesi, Eyüp, İstanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266); the father's occupation was "Kibâr müderrisi ve Fetvahâne başmüsevvidi". Work began in 1872/73, at about 22. The annual lists begin in 1872/73, with Mehmed Servet as Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisi and no place named. For 1873 to 1878 the lists have no entry. No annual entry gives a salary. The last annual entry is for 1878.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Fetvahâne Pusula Odası as worded, no place record

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisi

    entries in 1 year

  2. Fetvahâne Fetva Odası as worded, no place record

    1878 (AH 1295)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1294) before it.

    Fetva Odası görevlisi

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmed Servet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289First work
1872/73AH 1289Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisi
No annual entry: 1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1294)
1878AH 1295Fetva Odası görevlisi

Record

Personal

Born
1849/50 (AH 1266)
Birthplace
Dökmeciler Mahallesi, Eyüp, İstanbul
Father's occupation
Kibâr müderrisi ve Fetvahâne başmüsevvidi

First work

Year
1872/73 (AH 1289)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

First annual entry in the same year

135 other officials are recorded whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289). No salary of Mehmed Servet Efendi is recorded.

All 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Servet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1872/73AH 1289Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahâne Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsM.Ş.A. nr. 173/8/1.
1878AH 1295Fetva Odası görevlisiFetvahâne Fetva OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsM.Ş.A. nr. 173/8/1.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Servet Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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