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Mehmet Sait 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. 1859/60 (AH 1276)stajyerSivas sancağı arazi kalemi

    1. stajyer

      Sivas sancağı arazi kalemi · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  2. 1865/66 (AH 1282)messahSivas sancağı arazi kalemi · 250 kuruş

    1. messah

      Sivas sancağı arazi kalemi · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1869/70 (AH 1286)vergi kâtibiOsmancik · 400 kuruş

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Osmancik · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)vergi kâtibiDarende · 300 kuruş

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Darende · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)vergi kâtibi · 3 career entriesDarende · Ladik · 235; 300 kuruş

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Darende · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. vergi kâtibi (Azil)

      Darende · Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. vergi kâtibi

      Ladik · Calculated age 28 · 235 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)vergi kâtibiMerzifon · 330 kuruş

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 30 · 330 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)vergi kâtibiMerzifon · 330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 31 · 330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)vergi kâtibiMerzifon · 330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 32 · 330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1876/77 (AH 1293)vergi kâtibiMerzifon · 330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 33 · 330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)vergi kâtibiMerzifon · 330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 34 · 330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1878 (AH 1295)vergi kâtibi · 3 career entriesMerzifon · Yıldızeli (Yenihan) · 235; 330 kuruş

    1. vergi kâtibi

      Merzifon · Calculated age 35 · 330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. vergi kâtibi (İstifa)

      Merzifon · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. vergi kâtibi

      Yıldızeli (Yenihan) · Calculated age 35 · 235 kuruş

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesemlak komisyonu tezkere mübeyyizi · 6 career entriesSivas · Osmancik · Tonos · Erbaa · Kangal Aşudi nahiyesi · Zile · 250; 300; 400; 600 kuruş

    2. vergi kâtibi (İstifa)

      Osmancik

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. aşar ve ağnam memuru

      Tonos · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    4. vergi kâtibi

      Erbaa · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    5. vergi kâtibi

      Kangal Aşudi nahiyesi · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    6. vergi kâtibi

      Zile · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001865/66AH 12821878AH 12951865/66 (AH 1282) · messah · Sivas sancağı arazi kalemi · age 22 · 250 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · vergi kâtibi · Osmancik · age 26 · 400 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · vergi kâtibi · Darende · age 27 · 300 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · vergi kâtibi · Darende · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · vergi kâtibi · Ladik · age 28 · 235 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 30 · 330 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 31 · 330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 32 · 330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 33 · 330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 34 · 330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · vergi kâtibi · Merzifon · age 35 · 330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · vergi kâtibi · Yıldızeli (Yenihan) · age 35 · 235 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1844/45 (AH 1260) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00013, s.329 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas sancağı arazi kalemi [source]
First work year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 296, 297

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