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Osman Cevdet 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)Rüştiye sınavında başarı ve şehâdetnâmeye hak kazanma (Görevin sona ermesi)İzmit Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi
  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi mukayyidi (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesİzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi
    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi mukayyidi (İnfisal)

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    2. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi zapt ve tereke kâtibi

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Infisal · 2 career entriesİzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi
    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 34

      [1]

    2. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi başkâtibi

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Naip vekiliİzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi
    1. Naip vekili

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  5. 1911 (AH 1329)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi dava vekiliİzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi
    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi dava vekili

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi · Calculated age 54

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesŞer‘iyye mahkemesi mukayyidi · 4 career entriesİzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi
    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi mukayyidi

      İzmit Mahkeme-i Şer‘iyyesi

      [1]

    2. Tekaüt

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İzmit, Karabaş Mahallesi [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Father’s occupation
Fatih dersiamı; İzmit Pertev Mehmet Paşa Medresesi müderrisi; Geyve, Manyas ve Yenişehir naibi [source]
Archive references
MŞH.SAİD.214.17.1 [1]BOA.ŞD.3079.37.1 [1]BOA.ML.EEM.1304.2-5 [1]MŞH.ŞSC.d.5444.87 [1]MŞH.ŞSC.d.5444.93 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şehâdetnâmesine hak kazanma; feraiz icazeti [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
İzmit Mahalle Mektebi; İzmit Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi [source]

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
İzmit [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. Meşihat arşivine göre İzmit uleması (1890-1919)

    CUMA BUĞDAYCI · 2023 · Pages 122, 123, 124, 125

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