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Mehmet Şükrü Bey

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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıHariciye Mektubi Kalemi
    1. Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı

      Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  2. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesiHariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 500 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesi

      Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesHariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı · 5 career entriesHariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 100; 250; 280 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı

      Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    2. Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi merkez mukayyidi

      Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi merkez mukayyidi

      Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 280 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001906/07AH 13241906/07 (AH 1324) · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi ikinci sınıf halifesi · Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bağdat [source]
Father’s occupation
Karahisar-ı Sahib Sancağı Redif kumandanı, mirliva [source]

Education and languages

Armenian
Aşina [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Mekteb-i Sultani ehliyetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Koca Mustafa Paşa Askerî Rüştiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi [source]
First work year
1897/98 (AH 1315) [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. Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları

    İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 122, 123

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