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Mehmed Şefik 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. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Aşiret fırka reisiEbu'l-Hasîb

    1. Aşiret fırka reisi

      Ebu'l-Hasîb · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Meclis-i Kebîr azasıBasra

    1. Meclis-i Kebîr azası

      Basra · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesNüfus emini · 4 career entriesBasra · Korna

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Basra [source]
Birth year
1833/34 (AH 1249) [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ebu'l-Hasîb [source]
First work year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 123

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