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Mehmed Ali ġâfi‘î 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıHicaz

    1. Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesHicaz

    1. Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı · 4 career entriesHicaz · 27; 30 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 25 · 30 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 25 · 27 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Evrak mukayyidi refikiHicaz · 27; 36 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 26 · 27 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 26 · 36 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Evrak mukayyidi refikiHicaz · 86; 140 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 27 · 86 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 27 · 140 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Evrak mukayyidi refiki · 3 career entriesHicaz · 140; 160; 170 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 28 · 140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 28 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 28 · 170 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 170 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 29 · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 170; 230 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30 · 170 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30 · 230 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 230; 265 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 31 · 230 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 31 · 265 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 265 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 32 · 265 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 265; 315 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33 · 265 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33 · 315 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 315; 350 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 34 · 315 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 34 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 350; 390 kuruş

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 35 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 35 · 390 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 36 · 390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 37 · 390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Evrak mukayyidiHicaz · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 38 · 390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Evrak mukayyidi · 2 career entriesHicaz · 390 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. Evrak mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 39 · 390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vefat

      · Calculated age 39

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01953901878/79AH 12961892/93AH 13101878/79 (AH 1296) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 25 · 30 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 25 · 27 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 26 · 27 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 26 · 36 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 27 · 86 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 27 · 140 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evrak mukayyidi refiki · Hicaz · age 28 · 140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 28 · 160 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 28 · 170 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 29 · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 30 · 170 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 30 · 230 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 31 · 230 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 31 · 265 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 32 · 265 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 33 · 265 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 33 · 315 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 34 · 315 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 34 · 350 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 35 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 35 · 390 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 36 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 37 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 38 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Evrak mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 39 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]
Father’s occupation
Harem-i Şerif mutavvıfı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 35/5, s.5 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hicaz [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.083333 [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 174, 175

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