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Mehmed Reşad 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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri · 4 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Feres (Ferecik) · 250; 400 kuruş

    1. Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir-i Emlak İdaresi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Vukuat kâtibi

      Feres (Ferecik) · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Vukuat kâtibi

      Feres (Ferecik) · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Vukuat kâtibi · 5 career entriesFeres (Ferecik) · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 250; 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      Feres (Ferecik) · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

    4. İstifa

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

    5. Arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · 300 kuruş

    1. Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru

      · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru

      · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru

      · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · 2 career entries · 300 kuruş

    1. Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru

      · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Ağnam kâtibi · 2 career entriesDedeağaç merkez kazası · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 300 kuruş

    1. Ağnam kâtibi

      Dedeağaç merkez kazası · Calculated age 35

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveliAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEnez (İnoz) · 400 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  11. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · 3 career entriesEnez (İnoz) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 400; 450 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 39 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 40 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 41 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 42 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 43 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450; 500 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 44 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 45 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 46 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 47 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 48 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 49 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 600; 800 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 50 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. Undated entriesİstifa · 2 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 450 kuruş

    1. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001880/81AH 12981902/03AH 13201880/81 (AH 1298) · Vukuat kâtibi · Feres (Ferecik) · age 28 · 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vukuat kâtibi · Feres (Ferecik) · age 28 · 400 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vukuat kâtibi · Feres (Ferecik) · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırı · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 29 · 250 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Arazi yoklama kâtibi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 29 · 500 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · age 30 · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · age 31 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · age 32 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Maliye Hazinesi dava vekili maiyet memuru · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 35 · 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Muhasebe Kalemi refik-i evveli · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 36 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Enez (İnoz) · age 37 · 400 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi · Enez (İnoz) · age 38 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 38 · 450 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 39 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 40 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 41 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 42 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 43 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 44 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 44 · 500 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 45 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 46 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 47 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Muhasebe-i Liva merkez kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 48 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 48 · 600 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 49 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 50 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Muhasebe-i Liva başkâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 50 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mültezim [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 30-224 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Dimetoka 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
9 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dimetoka [source]
First work year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.3562 [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 158, 159

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