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Mehmet Behçet 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. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımıSiirt
  2. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziSiirt · 70 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi

      Siirt · Calculated age 17 · 70 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiSiirt · 430 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi

      Siirt · Calculated age 25 · 430 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi · 3 career entriesSiirt · Şirvan · 430; 450 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi

      Siirt · Calculated age 26 · 430 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi (Nakil)

      Siirt · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Şirvan · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Muhasebe Kalemi varidat başkâtibiSiirt · 480 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi varidat başkâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 28 · 480 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar başkâtibiSiirt · 640 kuruş

    1. Aşar başkâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 29 · 640 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar başkâtibiSiirt · 640 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar başkâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 30 · 640 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Aşar başkâtibi · 3 career entriesSiirt · 500; 640 kuruş

    1. Aşar başkâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 31 · 640 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Siirt · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Nüfus memuru

      Siirt · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Nüfus memuru · 2 career entriesSiirt · 500 kuruş

    1. Nüfus memuru

      Siirt · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus memuru (İstifa)

      Siirt · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Muhasebe kâtibiSiirt · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kâtibi

      Siirt · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  11. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Muhasebeci vekiliSiirt · 360 kuruş

    1. Muhasebeci vekili

      Siirt · Calculated age 41 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Muhasebeci vekiliSiirtContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebeci vekili

      Siirt · Calculated age 42

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Muhasebeci vekili · 2 career entriesSiirt

    1. Muhasebeci vekili

      Siirt · Calculated age 43

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebeci vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Siirt · Calculated age 43

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muaviniBitlis · 320 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini

      Bitlis · Calculated age 45 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  15. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muaviniBitlis · 320 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini

      Bitlis · Calculated age 46 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini · 3 career entriesBitlis · Bulanık · 320; 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini

      Bitlis · Calculated age 47 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini (Nakil)

      Bitlis · Calculated age 47

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Bulanık · Calculated age 47 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Mal MüdürüGarzan · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Garzan · Calculated age 49 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  18. Undated entriesMal MüdürüAhlat · 600 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Ahlat · 600 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03206401872/73AH 12891903/04AH 13211872/73 (AH 1289) · Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi · Siirt · age 17 · 70 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi · Siirt · age 25 · 430 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi · Siirt · age 26 · 430 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Mal Müdürü · Şirvan · age 26 · 450 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Muhasebe Kalemi varidat başkâtibi · Siirt · age 28 · 480 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar başkâtibi · Siirt · age 29 · 640 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar başkâtibi · Siirt · age 30 · 640 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Aşar başkâtibi · Siirt · age 31 · 640 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Nüfus memuru · Siirt · age 31 · 500 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Nüfus memuru · Siirt · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe kâtibi · Siirt · age 33 · 300 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe kâtibi · Siirt · age 33 · 400 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Muhasebeci vekili · Siirt · age 41 · 360 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini · Bitlis · age 45 · 320 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini · Bitlis · age 46 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtip muavini · Bitlis · age 47 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mal Müdürü · Bulanık · age 47 · 600 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Mal Müdürü · Garzan · age 49 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kars [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Father’s occupation
Jandarma yüzbaşı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 144/45 [1]BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 144/45 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; 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

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Siirt [source]
First work year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.95 [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 Karslı memurlar (1879-1909)

    RÜVEYDE ÇİFÇİ · 2015 · Pages 91, 92, 93

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