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Mehmet Tevfik 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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü
  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 13

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 14

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  8. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  9. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  10. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  11. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsüContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  12. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü · 2 career entries

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı gönüllüsü

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  13. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşuContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşu

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  14. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşuContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşu

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  15. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Çavuş (İnfisal) · 3 career entries

    1. Çavuş (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

    2. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşu

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. Tophane-i Âmire İdadî Birinci Sanayi Alayı çavuşu (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 26

      [2]

  16. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruKal'a-i Sultaniye · 285 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Kal'a-i Sultaniye · Calculated age 27 · 285 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  17. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · 3 career entriesKal'a-i Sultaniye · Siros · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 150; 285; 380 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Kal'a-i Sultaniye · Calculated age 28 · 285 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Siros · Calculated age 28 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1] [2]

  18. Undated entriesTophane-i Âmire İdadi 1. Alayı gönüllüsü · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

01903801903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Kal'a-i Sultaniye · age 27 · 285 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Kal'a-i Sultaniye · age 28 · 285 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Siros · age 28 · 380 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 150 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Father’s occupation
Fatih hocası [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 115/293 [1] [2]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 115/293 [2]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 115/293, s.293 [2]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitabet [source]
Education detail
Fatih Rüşdiyesi: Arapça, Farsça, hesap ve coğrafya dersleri [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Fatih Rüşdiyesi [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
12 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

    MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 169

  2. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 242, 243

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