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Mehmed Mazhar Bey

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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 200 kuruş
    1. İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 200; 300 kuruş
    1. İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 0; 200; 300; 400 kuruş
    1. İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    3. Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    4. Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 20 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    5. İdare-i Mahsusa Tercüme Kalemi müdür muavini

      · Calculated age 20 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · 300 kuruş
    1. Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · 3 career entries · 300; 450 kuruş
    1. Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Âmâ kısmı Türkçe muallimliği (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

    3. Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi

      · Calculated age 23 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi halifesi
  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Azil
    1. Azil

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  9. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Poti şehbenderi vekili · 2 career entriesPoti (Faş) · 900 kuruş
    1. Poti şehbenderi vekili

      Poti (Faş) · Calculated age 31 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    2. Poti şehbender vekili (asaleten)

      Poti (Faş) · Calculated age 31 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesKars şehbender vekili ve kançılar · 2 career entriesKars · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

04509001886/87AH 13041899/1900AH 13171886/87 (AH 1304) · İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 18 · 200 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · İdadi mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · age 20 · 200 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Fransızca hat muallimi · age 20 · 0 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · İdare-i Mahsusa Tercüme Kalemi müdür muavini · age 20 · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · age 21 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Dilsiz Mektebi Türkçe ve Fransızca hüsn-i hat muallimi · age 23 · 450 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Poti şehbenderi vekili · Poti (Faş) · age 31 · 900 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Poti şehbender vekili (asaleten) · Poti (Faş) · age 31 · 900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ziraatçi [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Education
Hususi dinî tahsil; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

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
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]

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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 203, 204

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