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Hacı Mehmet Faik Efendi

Born 1844/45 (AH 1260) · Sivas · Dated entries 1868 to 1894 (AH 1285 to 1311)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d,nr.00141,s.311

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1SivasKocgiri
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 8 · Sivas

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1844/45 (AH 1260)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Sivas

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 25

    2. mektubi kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 25

  3. 3

    1869/70 (AH 1286) · 5 recorded years

    Sivas

    AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.

    1. mektubi kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. evrak kalemi ikinci muavini

      70 kuruşCalculated age 30

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Sivas

    1. evrak kalemi ikinci muavini

      Calculated age 34

  5. 5

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Sivas

    1. evrak müdüriyeti refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 38

  6. 6

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Sivas

    1. Evrak Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 46

  7. 7

    1890/91 (AH 1308) · 3 recorded years

    Sivas

    AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    1. mektubi kalemi yazıcısı

      350 kuruşCalculated age 48

    2. mektubi kalemi yazıcısı

      350 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Kocgiri

    1. aşar ihale memuru

      Calculated age 51

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1868 to 1893 (AH 1285 to 1310)
  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Sivas30 to 500

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1868 to 1872 (AH 1285 to 1288)
  2. 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
  3. 1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1294)
  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)
  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  6. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Buruciye Medresesi müderrisi diploması [1]

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Arabic · Sarf, Nahiv, Mantık dersleri [source]
  • Persian · Mesneviye kadar ders [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 154, 155

    254 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00141,s.311

Read the original source accounts · 13 source entries →

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated years

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