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Çerkeşşeyhîzâde Seyyid Mehmed Tevfik 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. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Mısır mevleviyetiCairo (Kahire)
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Mahkeme-i Teftiş-i Evkâf müsteşarı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bağdat Islahatı Komisyonu azasıBâbıâli, İstanbul
    1. Bağdat Islahatı Komisyonu azası

      Bâbıâli, İstanbul · Calculated age 60

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Meclis-i Tedkikât-ı Şer‘iyye azası · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Bâb-ı Meşîhat, İstanbul
    1. Meclis-i Meşâyih nâzırı

      Bâb-ı Meşîhat, İstanbul · Calculated age 61

      [1]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tedkik-i Müellefât Encümeni reisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  6. Undated entriesTahsil · 22 career entriesBeypazarı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Beşiktaş, İstanbul · Aleppo (Halep) · Kayseri · Çankırı · Bursa · Safranbolu · Balıkesir · Kastamonu · Medina (Medine) · AnkaraDeath recorded
    1. Beşiktaş nâibi

      Beşiktaş, İstanbul

      [1]

    2. Medine mevleviyeti (İnfisal)

      Medina (Medine)

      [1]

    3. Ankara'ya dönüş ve ikamet (İnfisal)

      Ankara

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Vefat

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ankara [source]
Birth year
1826/27 (AH 1242) [source]
Father’s occupation
Âlim [source]
Religion
İslam [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
İyi derecede bilir [source]
Turkish
İyi derecede bilir [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcazetnâme [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Özel ders ve ders halkaları [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul [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. Şeyhülislamlık belgelerinde Hz. Peygamber'in ilmî mirası (1879-1924) yılları Seyyid Ulema biyografileri

    ESRA YILDIZ · 2017 · Pages 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155

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