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Mehmed Esat 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. Undated entriesAdana Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı · 15 career entriesAdana · Mersin · Karaisalı · Tarsus · Ayntab · Siirt · Durrës (Dıraç) · 270; 300; 475; 500; 600; 900; 1,000; 1,080; 1,200; 1,500 kuruş
    1. Mal Müdürlüğü memuru

      Karaisalı · 475 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      Ayntab · 600 kuruş

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tarsus [source]
Birth year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kâtip memur [source]
Religion
İslam [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye 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
Adana [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 Tarsus doğumlu memurlar

    MUSTAFA TURŞUCU · 2025 · Pages 43, 47, 50, 58, 75, 83

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