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Mehmed Durdu 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. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mahkeme-i Şeriyye Kalemi mülazımıElbistan
  2. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibiKâhta · 400 kuruş

    1. Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibi

      Kâhta · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1911 (AH 1329)Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibiKâhta · 400 kuruş

    1. Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibi

      Kâhta · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. Undated entriesMahalle Mektebi öğrencisi · 4 career entriesElbistan

    4. Mahkeme-i Şeriyye Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Elbistan

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001910/11AH 13281911AH 13291910/11 (AH 1328) · Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibi · Kâhta · age 38 · 400 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Mahkeme-i Şeriyye başkâtibi · Kâhta · age 39 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan, Hacı Yakub Mahallesi [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Müderris [source]
Archive references
İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD, No:5252 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetnâme (1903) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahalle Mektebi; Elbistan Rüştiyesi; Elbistan Çarşıbaşı Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Elbistan [source]
First work year
1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Apprenticeship
15.5 [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. Osmanlı ilmiye bürokrasisi'nde Maraşlılar (1879-1909)

    ALİ TORAMAN · 2017 · Pages 56

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