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Mehmet Raşit 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)evrak kalemi stajyeriSivas Vilayeti evrak kalemi

    1. evrak kalemi stajyeri

      Sivas Vilayeti evrak kalemi · Calculated age 14

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)telgraf mukayyidi refakatiSivas Vilayeti evrak kalemi · 25 kuruş

    1. telgraf mukayyidi refakati

      Sivas Vilayeti evrak kalemi · Calculated age 15 · 25 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Nahiye MüdürüDürgani · 400 kuruş

    1. Nahiye Müdürü

      Dürgani · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)KaymakamHafik (Koçhisar) · 1,100 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Hafik (Koçhisar) · Calculated age 31 · 1,100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  8. 1901/02 (AH 1319)KaymakamNiksar · 1,325 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Niksar · Calculated age 40 · 1,325 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  9. 1904/05 (AH 1322)KaymakamKangal · 990 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Kangal · Calculated age 43 · 990 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1905/06 (AH 1323)KaymakamDarende

    1. Kaymakam

      Darende · Calculated age 44

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1908/09 (AH 1326)KaymakamBoğazlıyan · 1,903.5 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Boğazlıyan · Calculated age 47 · 1,903.5 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  12. 1911 (AH 1329)KaymakamBeşiri · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Beşiri · Calculated age 50 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesInfisal · 9 career entriesSelanik Vilayeti mektubi kalemi · Sivas merkez aşar idaresi · Koyulhisar · Alucra · Kuzıga · Hafik (Koçhisar) · Yıldızeli (Yenihan) · 240; 400; 600; 1,100; 1,900 kuruş

    1. Infisal

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      Selanik Vilayeti mektubi kalemi

      [1]

    3. aşar idaresi stajyeri

      Sivas merkez aşar idaresi

      [1]

    5. Aşar Memuru

      Alucra · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    6. Nahiye Müdürü

      Kuzıga · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    8. Kaymakam

      Hafik (Koçhisar) · 1,100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    9. Kaymakam

      Yıldızeli (Yenihan) · 1,900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,0002,0001877/78AH 12941911AH 13291877/78 (AH 1294) · telgraf mukayyidi refakati · Sivas Vilayeti evrak kalemi · age 15 · 25 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Nahiye Müdürü · Dürgani · age 26 · 400 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaymakam · Hafik (Koçhisar) · age 31 · 1,100 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Kaymakam · Niksar · age 40 · 1,325 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Kaymakam · Kangal · age 43 · 990 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Kaymakam · Boğazlıyan · age 47 · 1,903.5 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Kaymakam · Beşiri · age 50 · 2,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]
Father’s occupation
mültezim [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00066, s.235-236 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması (1294); nahiye müdürlüğü intihapnamesi (1302); üçüncü sınıf kaymakamlık intihapnamesi (1308) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sivas Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi [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
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas [source]
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [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 287, 288, 289, 290, 291

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