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Mustafa Kâni 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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Telgrafhane stajyeriSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Telgrafhane stajyeriSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Telgrafhane stajyeriSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Telgrafhane stajyeriSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Telgrafhane stajyeriSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane stajyeri

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Telgraf MemuruKirkuk (Kerkük) · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Memuru

      Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Merkez muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · 380 kuruş

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Merkez muhabere başmemuruAltun Kupri (Altınköprü) · 600 kuruş
  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Merkez müdürüRevandiz · 760 kuruş

    1. Merkez müdürü

      Revandiz · Calculated age 36 · 760 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Merkez muhabere memuruNiksar

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niksar · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  11. 1898/99 (AH 1316)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 46

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03807601874/75AH 12911888/89AH 13061874/75 (AH 1291) · Telgraf Memuru · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · age 21 · 400 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · age 22 · 380 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Merkez muhabere başmemuru · Altun Kupri (Altınköprü) · age 28 · 600 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Merkez müdürü · Revandiz · age 36 · 760 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tokat [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 58, s. 443 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca [source]

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
Süleymaniye [source]
First work year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )

    ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 239, 240

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