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Mehmed Reşid 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Aşar Üçüncü KâtibiPlovdiv (Filibe) · 500 kuruş

    1. Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi

      Plovdiv (Filibe) · Calculated age 23 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi · 3 career entriesPlovdiv (Filibe) · 500; 750 kuruş

    1. Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi

      Plovdiv (Filibe) · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Plovdiv (Filibe) · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Aşar İkinci Kâtibi

      Plovdiv (Filibe) · Calculated age 24 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1878 (AH 1295)Aşar İkinci Kâtibi · 3 career entriesPlovdiv (Filibe) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 600; 750 kuruş

    1. Aşar İkinci Kâtibi

      Plovdiv (Filibe) · Calculated age 25 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 600 kuruş

    1. Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye KâtibiAydın · 400 kuruş

    1. Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi

      Aydın · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye KâtibiAydın · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi

      Aydın · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi · 3 career entriesAydın · 400; 475 kuruş

    1. Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi

      Aydın · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Aydın · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi

      Aydın · Calculated age 29 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi · 4 career entriesAydın · Izmir (İzmir) · 475; 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi

      Aydın · Calculated age 30 · 475 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi (Nakil)

      Aydın · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Bidayet Mahkemesi İcra Memuru

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    4. İcra Memurluğundan azil (Azil)

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  9. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat MuharririFoçateyn · 100 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri

      Foçateyn · Calculated age 31 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri · 2 career entriesFoçateyn · 100 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri

      Foçateyn · Calculated age 32 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Foçateyn kâtipliğinden azil (Azil)

      Foçateyn · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  11. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat MuharririBuldan · 400 kuruş
  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)görev süresi sona erdi (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. görev süresi sona erdi (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36

      [1]

  13. 1889/90 (AH 1307)İkinci MüstantikSivas · 700 kuruş

    1. İkinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 37 · 700 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1890/91 (AH 1308)İkinci MüstantikSivas · 700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İkinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 38 · 700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)İkinci MüstantikSivas · 700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İkinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 39 · 700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1892/93 (AH 1310)İkinci Müstantik · 3 career entriesSivas · 700 kuruş

    1. İkinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 40 · 700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İkinci Müstantik (Nakil)

      Sivas · Calculated age 40

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 40

      [1]

  17. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Birinci MüstantikSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 41

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Birinci MüstantikSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 42

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Birinci MüstantikSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 43

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Birinci MüstantikSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 44

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Birinci MüstantikSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 45

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Birinci Müstantik · 3 career entriesSivas · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birinci Müstantik

      Sivas · Calculated age 46

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Birinci Müstantik (Nakil)

      Sivas · Calculated age 46

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  23. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,150 kuruş
  24. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,035; 1,150 kuruş

    1. Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür Muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 49 · 1,150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  25. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Evrak Kalemi Birinci Sınıf HulefaIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,000 kuruş
  26. Undated entriesmemuriyet lağvı, açıkta (İnfisal) · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Buldan · 1,500 kuruş

    1. memuriyet lağvı, açıkta (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05751,1501876/77AH 12931909/10AH 13271876/77 (AH 1293) · Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi · Plovdiv (Filibe) · age 23 · 500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Aşar Üçüncü Kâtibi · Plovdiv (Filibe) · age 24 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Aşar İkinci Kâtibi · Plovdiv (Filibe) · age 24 · 750 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Aşar İkinci Kâtibi · Plovdiv (Filibe) · age 25 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Aşar İkinci Kâtibi göreve başlama · Plovdiv (Filibe) · age 25 · 750 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 600 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kuleli Hastahanesi Kâtibi göreve başlama · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 600 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi · Aydın · age 27 · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi · Aydın · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Adliye Umur-ı Hesabiye Kâtibi · Aydın · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi · Aydın · age 29 · 475 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Muhasebe-i Vilayet Yevmiye Kâtibi · Aydın · age 30 · 475 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet Mahkemesi İcra Memuru · Izmir (İzmir) · age 30 · 600 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri · Foçateyn · age 31 · 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri · Foçateyn · age 32 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Birinci Kâtibi ve Mukavelat Muharriri · Buldan · age 33 · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · İkinci Müstantik · Sivas · age 37 · 700 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · İkinci Müstantik · Sivas · age 38 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · İkinci Müstantik · Sivas · age 39 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · İkinci Müstantik · Sivas · age 40 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür Muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 48 · 1,150 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür Muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 1,150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Şehremaneti Evrak Müdür Muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 1,035 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Evrak Kalemi Birinci Sınıf Hulefa · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 57 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.00094.00073, s. 143 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
okumuş (Mantık'a kadar) [source]
Persian
okumuş (Gülistân'a kadar) [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Müstantiklik diploması (a'lâ) [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Malatya Medresesi [source]

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
Filibe [source]
First-salary field
500 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]

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 ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 309, 310, 311

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