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Mehmed Şevketî 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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Bâyezid Camii ders-i âmıİstanbul, Bâyezid Camii
    1. Bâyezid Camii ders-i âmı

      İstanbul, Bâyezid Camii · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  2. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Molla Camii hocasıİstanbul, Molla Camii
    1. Molla Camii hocası

      İstanbul, Molla Camii · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesFetvahâne müsevvid mülâzımı · 9 career entriesİstanbul, Fetvahâne · İstanbul, Dârülfünun · İstanbul, Meşihat · İstanbul, Dârü’l-Hikmeti’l-İslâmiye · İstanbul, Süleymaniye MedresesiDeath recorded
    1. Dârülfünun Ulûm-ı Şer’iye Şubesi ahlak müderrisi

      İstanbul, Dârülfünun

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      [1]

    3. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      İstanbul, Fetvahâne

      [1]

    4. Meşihat mektupçusu

      İstanbul, Meşihat

      [1]

    5. Dârü’l-Hikmeti’l-İslâmiye azası

      İstanbul, Dârü’l-Hikmeti’l-İslâmiye

      [1]

    6. Süleymaniye Medresesi ilm-i nefs ve ilm-i rûh müderrisi

      İstanbul, Süleymaniye Medresesi

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    7. Vefat

      [1]

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.

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

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 105, 106, 107

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