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Mehmed Şevketî Efendi

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · İstanbul, Büyük Çarşı Körükçüler Kapısı, Hüseyin Ağa Mahallesi · Dated entries 1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)

Languages Arabic, English, French, Persian, Turkish

Archival references M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/1; M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/9; M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/27

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1906/07 (AH 1324): Bâyezid Camii ders-i âmı, İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii1910/11 (AH 1328): Molla Camii hocası, İstanbul, Molla CamiiAH 1324AH 1328
Places and reading notes
  • İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii
  • İstanbul, Molla Camii

2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

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Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · İstanbul, Büyük Çarşı Körükçüler Kapısı, Hüseyin Ağa Mahallesi

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    İstanbul, Büyük Çarşı Körükçüler Kapısı, Hüseyin Ağa Mahallesi

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Büyük Çarşı Körükçüler Kapısı, Hüseyin Ağa Mahallesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 30

    2. İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii

      Bâyezid Camii ders-i âmı

      Calculated age 30

  3. 3

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    İstanbul, Molla Camii

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Molla Camii

    1. Molla Camii hocası

      Calculated age 34

9 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii1
    1906/07 (AH 1324)
  2. İstanbul, Molla Camii1
    1910/11 (AH 1328)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1906/07 (AH 1324)
  2. 1910/11 (AH 1328)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehâdetnâmeler; medrese icâzeti; ders okutma ruhsatnamesi; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb mezuniyeti [1]

Schooling Mercan Mektebi; Kaptan Paşa Rüştiyesi; Dârü’t-Tedrîs; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb; Robert Koleji; Lichterfelde-Vest Enstitüsü; Münih Üniversitesi Felsefe Şubesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul, Büyük Çarşı Körükçüler Kapısı, Hüseyin Ağa Mahallesi [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]
Father’s occupation
Huzur dersleri mukarriri [source]
Archive references
M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/1 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/9 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/27 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
English
bilir [source]
French
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Turkish
bilir [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehâdetnâmeler; medrese icâzeti; ders okutma ruhsatnamesi; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb mezuniyeti [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mercan Mektebi; Kaptan Paşa Rüştiyesi; Dârü’t-Tedrîs; Mekteb-i Nüvvâb; Robert Koleji; Lichterfelde-Vest Enstitüsü; Münih Üniversitesi Felsefe Şubesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1906/07 (AH 1324) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.6 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 105, 106, 107

    M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/1.; M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/9.; M.Ş.A. nr. 4/7/27.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 2 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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