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Mehmet Rıza 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. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Halep Vilayeti Telgrafhanesi mülazımıAleppo (Halep)
  2. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibiDrama · 200 kuruş

    1. Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · 3 career entriesDrama · 200 kuruş

    1. Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Açığa çıkarılma

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  4. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Manastır Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuruBitola (Manastır) · 400 kuruş
  5. Undated entriesGörevin sona ermesi

Recorded pay

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

02004001903/04AH 13211908/09AH 13261903/04 (AH 1321) · Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · Drama · age 24 · 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Drama Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · Drama · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Manastır Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta memuru · Bitola (Manastır) · age 29 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 166/453 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Âliyyülâlâ dereceli rüştiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Halep [source]
First work year
1902/03 (AH 1320) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 67, 68

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