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Reşid Cafer 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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) · 2 career entriesHicaz · 40 kuruş

    1. Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 20

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 20 · 40 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziHicaz · 40; 53 kuruş

    1. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 40 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 53 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziHicaz · 53; 139 kuruş

    1. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 22 · 53 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 22 · 139 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziHicaz · 139 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 23 · 139 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · 2 career entriesHicaz · 139; 400 kuruş

    1. Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 24 · 139 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muaviniHicaz · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muaviniHicaz · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · 2 career entriesHicaz · 100; 400 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 27 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  9. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · 2 career entriesHicaz · 100; 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 28 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · 2 career entriesHicaz · 100; 500 kuruş

    1. Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 29 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini

      Hicaz · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · 3 career entriesHicaz · 100; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Vilayet evrak müdürü

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1911 (AH 1329)Vilayet evrak müdürüHicaz · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet evrak müdürü

      Hicaz · Calculated age 31 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Vilayet evrak müdürüHicaz · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet evrak müdürü

      Hicaz · Calculated age 32 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1912/13 (AH 1331)Vilayet evrak müdürü · 3 career entriesHicaz · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Vilayet evrak müdürü

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet evrak müdürü (Nakil)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesMektubî Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesHicaz · 700 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

06001,2001900/01AH 13181912/13AH 13311900/01 (AH 1318) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 20 · 40 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 21 · 40 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 21 · 53 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 22 · 53 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 22 · 139 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 23 · 139 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyizi · Hicaz · age 24 · 139 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 24 · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · Hicaz · age 27 · 100 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · Hicaz · age 28 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · Hicaz · age 29 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini · Hicaz · age 29 · 500 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Rüşdiye Mektebi hüsn-i hat muallimi · Hicaz · age 30 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1910/11 (AH 1328) · Vilayet evrak müdürü · Hicaz · age 30 · 1,200 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Vilayet evrak müdürü · Hicaz · age 31 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911/12 (AH 1330) · Vilayet evrak müdürü · Hicaz · age 32 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1912/13 (AH 1331) · Vilayet evrak müdürü · Hicaz · age 33 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1912/13 (AH 1331) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Hicaz · age 33 · 1,200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hicaz Vilayeti Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi muavini [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 140/681, s.681 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education
Mekke Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Hicaz [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 261, 262

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