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Mehmed 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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 40 kuruş

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 18 · 40 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 40 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 19 · 40 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 40; 50 kuruş

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 20 · 40 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 20 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 50 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 21 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 50; 70 kuruş

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 22 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 22 · 70 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 70 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 23 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 70 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 24 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 70 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 25 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1898/99 (AH 1316)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 70; 120 kuruş

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 26 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 26 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 27 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1900/01 (AH 1318)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 28 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1901/02 (AH 1319)haber baş anbar ve odacısıSarayi humayun · 120; 150 kuruş

    1. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 29 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. haber baş anbar ve odacısı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 29 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1902/03 (AH 1320)hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırıSarayi humayun · 200 kuruş

    1. hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1903/04 (AH 1321)hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırıSarayi humayun · 250 kuruş

    1. hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırı

      Sarayi humayun · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entrieshatab enbarı idaresi mubassırıSarayi humayun · 300; 350 kuruş

    1. hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırı

      Sarayi humayun · 300 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

Recorded pay

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

01252501890/91AH 13081903/04AH 13211890/91 (AH 1308) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 18 · 40 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 19 · 40 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 20 · 40 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 20 · 50 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 21 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 22 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 22 · 70 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 23 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 24 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 25 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 26 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 26 · 120 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 27 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 28 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 29 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · haber baş anbar ve odacısı · Sarayi humayun · age 29 · 150 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırı · Sarayi humayun · age 30 · 200 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · hatab enbarı idaresi mubassırı · Sarayi humayun · age 31 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Nağza karyesi [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
zürra [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SAİD nr.105, s.192 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mahalle ibtidai mukaddimat; Zağfiranbolu rüştiyesinde yaklaşık üç yıl müretteb dersler. [source]
Education
mahalle mektebi ibtidaisi; Zağfiranbolu rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
3 (original schooling-year field) [1]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
Saray-ı Hümâyûn [source]
First-salary field
40 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
1890/91 (AH 1308) [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. Sicill-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 86, 87

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