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MUHAMMED RAVHİ EFENDİ

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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)
  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf mülazımı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf mülazımı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf mülazımı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf mülazımı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf mülazımı · 3 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Kerkük · 250 kuruş

    1. Telgraf mülazımı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruKerkükContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruKerkükContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruKerkükContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruKerkük · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Kerkük · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  11. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruKarbala (Kerbela) · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  12. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesKarbala (Kerbela) · Mandali (Mendeli) · 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Mandali (Mendeli) · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001900/01AH 13181906/07AH 13241900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Kerkük · age 21 · 250 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Kerkük · age 25 · 500 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 26 · 500 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 26 · 600 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 27 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Mandali (Mendeli) · age 27 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kerkük [source]
Birth province
Musul [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİD,00098_00159 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Bağdat Rüşdiyesi [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
Bağdat vilayeti telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313) [source]
Apprenticeship
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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 141, 142

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