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Mehmed Tahir 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımıManisa
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımıManisaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımı

      Manisa · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımıManisaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımı

      Manisa · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımı · 3 career entriesManisa

    1. Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımı

      Manisa · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi mülâzımı (Nakil)

      Manisa · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Liva yoklama kâtibi

      Manisa · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Liva yoklama kâtibiManisaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Liva yoklama kâtibi

      Manisa · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Liva yoklama kâtibi · 3 career entriesManisa · Saruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar

    1. Liva yoklama kâtibi

      Manisa · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Liva yoklama kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Manisa · Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuru

      Saruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuruSaruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalarContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuru

      Saruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuru · 3 career entriesSaruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar · Manisa Merkez Kazası

    1. Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuru

      Saruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mülhak kazalar yoklama memuru (Nakil)

      Saruhan Sancağı’na bağlı kazalar · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tapu kâtibi

      Manisa Merkez Kazası · Calculated age 24

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Manisa [source]
Birth year
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD.d. 160/413 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Manisa [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.8333333333 [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. Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Manisa doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)

    NİZAM BERKAN MERCAN · 2025 · Pages 86

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