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Mehmed Faik 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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Selâtîn camileri cuma vaiziIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih Camii

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      [2]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  6. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  7. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  8. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  9. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  10. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  11. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Dersiâm · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Fatih Camii · İstanbul, Fetvahane-i Celile Pusula Odası · 150 kuruş

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    2. Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisi

      İstanbul, Fetvahane-i Celile Pusula Odası · 150 kuruş

      [2]

  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  13. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  14. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  16. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  17. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  18. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih CamiiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  19. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Dersiâmİstanbul, Fatih Camii

    1. Dersiâm

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      [2]

  20. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Şer‘i mahkeme yardımcısıMedine-i Münevvere · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Şer‘i mahkeme yardımcısı

      Medine-i Münevvere · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [2]

  21. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Kürsü vaiziİstanbul, Sultanahmet Camii

    1. Kürsü vaizi

      İstanbul, Sultanahmet Camii

      [2]

  22. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Kürsü vaiziİstanbul, Sultan Ahmed Camii

    1. Kürsü vaizi

      İstanbul, Sultan Ahmed Camii · Calculated age 58

      [1]

  23. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Fetvahane Odası görevlisiİstanbul, Fetvahane Odası · 150 kuruş

    1. Fetvahane Odası görevlisi

      İstanbul, Fetvahane Odası · 150 kuruş

      [2]

  24. Undated entriesGörevin sona ermesi · 10 career entriesİstanbul, Fatih Camii · İstanbul, Dolmabahçe Valide Sultan Camii · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · İstanbul, Fetvahâne · İstanbul, Fetva Odası · Medine-i Münevvere, Mahkeme-i ŞeriatDeath recorded

    1. Görevin sona ermesi

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      [1]

    2. Cuma vaizi

      İstanbul, Dolmabahçe Valide Sultan Camii

      [1]

    3. Dersiam

      İstanbul, Fatih Camii

      [1]

    5. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      İstanbul, Fetvahâne

      [1]

    7. Fetva Odası müsevvidi

      İstanbul, Fetva Odası

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    8. Şeriat mahkemesi naibi

      Medine-i Münevvere, Mahkeme-i Şeriat

      [1]

    9. Azil

      [1]

    10. Vefat

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001887/88AH 13051906/07AH 13241887/88 (AH 1305) · Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisi · İstanbul, Fetvahane-i Celile Pusula Odası · 150 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Şer‘i mahkeme yardımcısı · Medine-i Münevvere · 1,500 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Fetvahane Odası görevlisi · İstanbul, Fetvahane Odası · 150 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Erzurum [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bakkal [source]
Nationality or community
Gürcü [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
MŞH. SAİD, nr. 2/ 1 /3 [2]M.Ş.A. nr. 2/1/1 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 2/1/5 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İcâzet [1]İcazet [2]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Gürcü Kapı ilk mektebi mezuniyeti; Esât Paşa Medresesi; Fatih Camii’nde dokuz yıl ve icazet [source]
Education
Gürcü Kapısı Mektebi; Esat Paşa Medresesi; Fatih Camii dersleri [source]Gürcü Kapı ilk mektebi; Esât Paşa Medresesi; Fatih Camii [source]
Education level equivalent
9 (original schooling-year field) [1] [2]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [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. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 104, 105

  2. Erzurum vilayeti doğumlu Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    SİNAN ÇAKMAK · 2023 · Pages 88

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