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Mehmet Ali 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. 1889/90 (AH 1307)telgraf stajyeriKonya telgrafhanesi

    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Konya telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1890/91 (AH 1308)telgraf stajyeriKonya telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Konya telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)telgraf stajyeriKonya telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Konya telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)telgraf stajyeri · 3 career entriesKonya telgrafhanesi · Akşehir · 300 kuruş

    1. telgraf stajyeri

      Konya telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. telgraf stajyeri (Nakil)

      Konya telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Akşehir · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruAdana · 400 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 22 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Adana

    1. telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru (İnfisal)

      Adana · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111892/93 (AH 1310) · telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Akşehir · age 21 · 300 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Adana · age 22 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
telgraf memuru [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00074, s.135 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Aziziye rüştiyesi [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
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Konya telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 236, 237

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