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Mehmet Tahir Bey

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)Komisyon kâtibiSivas · 160 kuruş

    1. Komisyon kâtibi

      Sivas · Calculated age 26 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Vilayet kalemi müsevvidiSivas · 285 kuruş

    1. Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas · Calculated age 30 · 285 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Vilayet kalemi müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruş

    1. Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Vilayet kalemi müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruş

    1. Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas · Calculated age 32 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Infisal

    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Maliye ihale-i aşar memuru

    1. Maliye ihale-i aşar memuru

      · Calculated age 47

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Ziraat Bankası şube memuruSivas · 800 kuruş

    1. Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

      Sivas · Calculated age 48 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1889/90 (AH 1307)İhale-i aşar memuruZile

    1. İhale-i aşar memuru

      Zile · Calculated age 50

      [1]

  9. 1890/91 (AH 1308)İhale-i aşar memuruNiksar

    1. İhale-i aşar memuru

      Niksar · Calculated age 51

      [1]

  10. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Matbaa MüdürüAnkara · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Matbaa Müdürü

      Ankara · Calculated age 54 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Matbaa MüdürüAnkara · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Matbaa Müdürü

      Ankara · Calculated age 55 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Matbaa Müdürü · 2 career entriesAnkara · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Matbaa Müdürü

      Ankara · Calculated age 56 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbaa müdürü (Nakil)

      Ankara · Calculated age 56

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesKomisyon kâtibi · 36 career entriesSivas · Tokat · Hafik (Koçhisar) · Divriği · Zile · Niksar · Kocgiri · Haymana · Edremit · Gelibolu · 200; 230; 290; 300; 350; 380; 400; 500; 600; 700; 750; 1,570; 1,575; 1,750; 2,000 kuruş

    7. Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas · 500 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    10. Aşar nezareti tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Sivas

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    13. Mahkeme reis vekili

      Sivas · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    18. İstifa

      [1]

    19. Maarif komisyonu kâtibi ve azası

      Sivas · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    20. Maarif komisyonu kâtibi ve azası (İstifa)

      Sivas

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    21. İhale-i aşar memuru (İnfisal)

      Zile

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    22. Kaymakam vekili

      Zile · 230 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    23. Kaymakam vekili (İnfisal)

      Zile

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    24. İhale-i aşar memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Niksar

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    28. Kaymakam

      Kocgiri · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    29. Kaymakam

      Kocgiri · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    30. Kaymakam

      Haymana · 1,570 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    31. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Haymana

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    33. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Edremit

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    35. Kaymakam (İnfisal)

      Gelibolu

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    36. Kaymakam

      Gelibolu · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001866/67AH 12831895/96AH 13131866/67 (AH 1283) · Komisyon kâtibi · Sivas · age 26 · 160 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi · Sivas · age 30 · 285 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi · Sivas · age 31 · 400 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Vilayet kalemi müsevvidi · Sivas · age 32 · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Ziraat Bankası şube memuru · Sivas · age 48 · 800 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Matbaa Müdürü · Ankara · age 54 · 1,500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Matbaa Müdürü · Ankara · age 55 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Matbaa Müdürü · Ankara · age 56 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1841/42 (AH 1257) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sivas vilayeti idare meclisi azası [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00092,s.173-174 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Sivas [source]
First-salary field
200 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323

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