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Mehmed Eşref 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. 1878/79 (AH 1296)KaymakamFatsa · 900 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Fatsa · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesFatsa · 900 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Fatsa · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (İnfisal)

      Fatsa

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)KaymakamÇapakçur · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Çapakçur · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)KaymakamHizan · 1,215 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Hizan · 1,215 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Kaymakam · 3 career entriesHizan · Ünye · 1,215; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Hizan · 1,215 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (İstifa)

      Hizan

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam

      Ünye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)KaymakamÜnye · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Ünye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)KaymakamÜnye · Tirebolu · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Ünye · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Tirebolu · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  8. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Azil

    1. Azil

      [1]

  9. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kaymakam (İstifa)İrzan

    1. Kaymakam (İstifa)

      İrzan

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Kaymakam · 3 career entriesGarbi Karaağaç · Buldan · 1,250; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Garbi Karaağaç · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Garbi Karaağaç

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam

      Buldan · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  11. 1894/95 (AH 1312)KaymakamBuldan · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Buldan · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1895/96 (AH 1313)KaymakamBuldan · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Buldan · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1896/97 (AH 1314)KaymakamBuldan · 1,125; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Buldan · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Buldan · 1,125 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1906/07 (AH 1324)KaymakamGördes · 1,570 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Gördes · 1,570 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  15. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Vali Muavini vekili · 4 career entriesAdana · 1,750; 2,600; 3,500 kuruş

    1. Vali Muavini vekili

      Adana · 2,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Vali Muavini

      Adana · 3,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Vali Muavini (Azil)

      Adana

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Tekaüt

      · 1,750 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  16. 1911/12 (AH 1330)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 12 career entriesManisa · Doğulu · Krujë (Akçahisar) · Alaşehir · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Akçadağ · İrzan · Kırkağaç · Adana · 30; 475; 1,125; 1,250; 2,333; 2,500 kuruş

    2. Tahrirat Kâtibi

      Doğulu · 30 kuruş

      [1]

    6. Mal Müdürü (İstifa)

      Alaşehir

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. Kaymakam

      Akçadağ · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    10. Kaymakam

      İrzan · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    11. Kaymakam

      Kırkağaç · 1,125 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    12. Vali Muavini vekili

      Adana · 2,333 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,7503,5001878/79AH 12961909/10AH 13271878/79 (AH 1296) · Kaymakam · Fatsa · 900 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kaymakam · Fatsa · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Kaymakam · Çapakçur · 1,250 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Kaymakam · Hizan · 1,215 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakam · Hizan · 1,215 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakam · Ünye · 1,250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Kaymakam · Ünye · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaymakam · Ünye · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaymakam · Tirebolu · 1,250 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kaymakam · Garbi Karaağaç · 1,800 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kaymakam · Buldan · 1,250 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaymakam · Buldan · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Buldan · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Buldan · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Buldan · 1,125 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Kaymakam · Gördes · 1,570 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Vali Muavini vekili · Adana · 2,600 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Vali Muavini · Adana · 3,500 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tekaüt · 1,750 kuruş · Retirement entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gelibolu [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 4/142 [1]150/365 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese; muallim-i mahsus [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Manisa Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)

    OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 132, 133, 134

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