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Mehmed Rüşdü 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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgrafhane mülazımıÇemişgezek

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgrafhane mülazımıÇemişgezekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgrafhane mülazımıÇemişgezekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgrafhane mülazımıÇemişgezekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgrafhane mülazımıÇemişgezekContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 3 career entriesÇemişgezek · Mudanya · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

    3. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Mudanya · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruMudanya · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Mudanya · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruMudanya · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Mudanya · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruMudanya · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Mudanya · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · 4 career entriesMudanya · Karamürsel · Bursa · 300; 380; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Mudanya · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 25

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    3. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Karamürsel · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    4. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Bursa · Calculated age 25 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · 3 career entriesBursa · Lapseki · 380; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Bursa · Calculated age 26 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Lapseki · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Mudanya · age 21 · 300 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Mudanya · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Mudanya · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Mudanya · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Mudanya · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Karamürsel · age 25 · 400 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Bursa · age 25 · 380 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Bursa · age 26 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Lapseki · age 26 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çemişgezek [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mahkeme-i şer'iye kâtibi [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİDd_____00062_00051 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Çemişgezek 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
Çemişgezek [source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 245, 246

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