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Mehmet Şevket 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi kalem mülazımı · 2 career entriesÇatalca · 200 kuruş

    2. Aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Çatalca · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar üçüncü kâtibiÇatalca · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Çatalca · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar üçüncü kâtibiÇatalca · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Çatalca · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Aşar üçüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesÇatalca · Şehteros · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Çatalca · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar üçüncü kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Çatalca · Calculated age 28

      [1]

    3. Genel Borçlar kâtibi

      Şehteros · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesAşar üçüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesÇatalca · Şehteros

    2. Genel Borçlar kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Şehteros

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01252501882/83AH 13001885/86AH 13031882/83 (AH 1300) · Aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Çatalca · age 25 · 200 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Çatalca · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Çatalca · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Çatalca · age 28 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Genel Borçlar kâtibi · Şehteros · age 28 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kozan [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Temel din bilgileri; Arapça, Farsça, matematik ve coğrafya öğrenimi [source]
Education
Kozan ve İstanbul mahalle mektepleri; Mahmûdiye ve Bahriye ortaokulları [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Çatalca [source]
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

    SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 121

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