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Mehmed Şefik Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Mehmed Şefik Efendi began in Basra in 1833/34 (AH 1249). At about 19, in 1852/53, Mehmed Şefik began work. The first annual entry, for 1852/53, names Mehmed Şefik as Aşiret fırka reisi, with no place. For 1853 to 1865 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Basra, the birthplace, in 1865/66. The annual entries give no salary. The final annual entry is for 1865/66.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1865/6613Basra

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Ebu'l-Hasîb).

  1. Basra

    Born 1833/34 (AH 1249)

  2. Ebu'l-Hasîb as worded, no place record not on the map

    1852/53 (AH 1269)

    Aşiret fırka reisi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Basra

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    No annual entry for 1853 to 1865 (AH 1270 to 1281) before it.

    Meclis-i Kebîr azası

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmed Şefik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1852/53AH 1269First work
1852/53AH 1269Aşiret fırka reisi
No annual entry: 1853 to 1865 (AH 1270 to 1281)
1865/66AH 1282Meclis-i Kebîr azasıBasra

Record

Personal

Born
1833/34 (AH 1249)
Birthplace
Basra

First work

Year
1852/53 (AH 1269)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

1 other official is recorded with entries in Basra in the same years. No salary of Mehmed Şefik Efendi is recorded.

All 67 officials with entries in Basra

Same birthplace

6 other officials are recorded born in Basra. No salary of Mehmed Şefik Efendi is recorded.

The page of Basra, with the 7 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

23 other officials are recorded whose first annual entry is for 1852/53 (AH 1269). No salary of Mehmed Şefik Efendi is recorded.

All 24 officials whose first annual entry is for 1852/53 (AH 1269)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şefik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1852/53AH 1269Aşiret fırka reisiEbu'l-HasîbAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1865/66AH 1282Meclis-i Kebîr azasıBasraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Şefik Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

Subjects