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Mehmet Raşit 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. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Görevin sona ermesiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Fetvahâne Pusula Odası görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Medine-i Münevvere şer‘î naibiMedina (Medine)
  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Fetva Odası görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Hâfız-ı kütübIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Fetvahâne müsevvidiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  7. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Müsevvidİstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 500 kuruş

    1. Müsevvid

      İstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 500 kuruş

      [2]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 63

      [1]

    2. Vefat

      [2]

  9. Undated entriesÖzel derslerle tahsil · 13 career entriesGiresun · İstanbul, Fatih · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Medina (Medine) · İstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 70; 100; 200; 1,250 kuruş

    6. Medine naibi (İnfisal)

      Medina (Medine)

      [2]

    8. Şeyhülharem naibi (İnfisal)

      Medina (Medine)

      [2]

    12. İstinaf mukayyidi muavini

      İstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 100 kuruş

      [2]

    13. İstinaf mukayyidi muavini

      İstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 200 kuruş

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

02505001888/89AH 13061888/89 (AH 1306) · Müsevvid · İstanbul, İlamat-ı Şeriye Odası · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Giresun [source]
Birth year
1837/38 (AH 1253) [source]
Archive references
İST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 5/9 [2]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazet [1]Divriğili İzzet Efendi’den icazet [2]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İsagoci’ye kadar tahsil; eğitimini bıraktı [source]
Education
Fatih Çifte Baş Kurşunlu Medresesi [source]Çifte Başkurşunlu Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
34 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [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. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 79

  2. Osmanlı Devleti'nin son döneminde Giresun uleması (1879-1909)

    HARUN YILMAZ · 2019 · Pages 62, 63

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