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Mehmed Şefik 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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesAydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · 20 kuruş

    1. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 16

      [1]

    2. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 16 · 20 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Mektup Kalemi mülazımıAydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · 30 kuruş

    1. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 17 · 30 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Mektup Kalemi mülazımıAydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · 30; 50 kuruş

    1. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 30 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Mektup Kalemi mülazımıAydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · 50 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 19 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · 4 career entriesAydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 50; 60; 200 kuruş

    1. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 20 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektup Kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · Calculated age 20 · 60 kuruş

      [1]

    3. İstifa

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    4. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 22 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 200; 350 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 24 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 25 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 350; 470 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 26 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 26 · 470 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 470 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 27 · 470 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 470 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 28 · 470 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 470 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 29 · 470 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 470; 520 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 30 · 470 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 30 · 520 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 520 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 31 · 520 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 520 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 32 · 520 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakatiİzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · 520; 590 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 33 · 520 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati

      İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · Calculated age 33 · 590 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02955901890/91AH 13081907/08AH 13251890/91 (AH 1308) · Maaş kaydı · age 16 · 20 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 17 · 30 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 18 · 30 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 18 · 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 19 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 20 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mektup Kalemi mülazımı · Aydın Vilayeti Mektup Kalemi · age 20 · 60 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 20 · 200 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 21 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 22 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 23 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 24 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 24 · 350 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 25 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 26 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 26 · 470 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 27 · 470 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 28 · 470 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 29 · 470 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 30 · 470 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 30 · 520 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 31 · 520 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 32 · 520 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 33 · 520 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi refakati · İzmir Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi · age 33 · 590 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İzmir [source]
Birth province
Aydın [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Debbağ [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.845 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mahalli Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Aydın [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [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. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 81, 82

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