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Mehmed Tal’at 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. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 14

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 14

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries · 150 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 16 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Mukayyit refakati · 150; 200 kuruş

    1. Mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 17 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Mukayyit refakati · 2 career entries · 166.5; 200 kuruş

    1. Mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bursa mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 18 · 166.5 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Bursa mukayyit refakati · 166.5; 250 kuruş

    1. Bursa mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 19 · 166.5 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bursa mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Başdad Vecde mukayyit refakati · 3 career entries · 250; 340 kuruş

    1. Başdad Vecde mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Halep mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 20 · 340 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Bursa mukayyit refakati

      · Calculated age 20 · 340 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Kıbrıs mukayyit muinliği · 3 career entries · 400; 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Kıbrıs mukayyit muinliği

      · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Selanik mukayyit muinliği

      · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. İzmir mukayyit muinliği

      · Calculated age 21 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1870/71 (AH 1287)İzmir mukayyit muinliği · 3 career entries · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. İzmir mukayyit muinliği

      · Calculated age 22 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    3. Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti

      · Calculated age 22 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti · 3 career entries · 380; 500 kuruş

    1. Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti

      · Calculated age 23 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

    3. Kıbrıs muinliği

      · Calculated age 23 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Kıbrıs muinliği · 3 career entries · 380; 500; 550 kuruş

    1. Kıbrıs muinliği

      · Calculated age 24 · 380 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kıbrıs muinliği

      · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Hulasa mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 24 · 550 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Hulasa mukayyitliği · 3 career entries · 550; 600; 800 kuruş

    1. Hulasa mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 25 · 550 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Devair mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 25 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tuna mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 25 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Cidde mukayyitliği · 800; 900 kuruş

    1. Cidde mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 26 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Cidde mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 26 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Cidde mukayyitliği · 2 career entries · 900; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Cidde mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 27 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 28 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği · 2 career entries · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 29 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 29 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1878 (AH 1295)Emtia mukayyitliği · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Emtia mukayyitliği · 2 career entries · 1,000; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 31 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 31 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği · 3 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · 960; 1,200; 2,500 kuruş

    1. Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 32 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği

      · Calculated age 32 · 960 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe başkitabeti

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 32 · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  20. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Merkez müdürlüğü · 2 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 800; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Merkez müdürlüğü

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 36 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Muvazene Kitabeti

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  21. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Muvazene Kitabeti · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 800; 1,000; 1,200 kuruş

    1. Muvazene Kitabeti

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muvazene Kitabeti

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Muvazene Kitabeti

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Mümeyyiz muavinliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  22. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Mümeyyiz muavinliği · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,200; 1,350 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz muavinliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 38 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mümeyyiz muavinliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 38 · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mümeyyiz-i sani

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 38 · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

  23. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,400 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 43 · 2,400 kuruş

      [1]

  24. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,800 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 44 · 2,800 kuruş

      [1]

  25. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 45 · 2,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  26. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 46 · 2,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  27. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 47 · 2,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  28. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,900 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 48 · 2,900 kuruş

      [1]

  29. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Mümeyyiz-i evvelIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,610; 2,900 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 49 · 2,900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mümeyyiz-i evvel

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 49 · 2,610 kuruş

      [1]

  30. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Maaş kaydı · 2,810 kuruş

    1. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 51 · 2,810 kuruş

      [1]

  31. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Nezaret görevi, asaleten · 4,050 kuruş

    1. Nezaret görevi, asaleten

      · Calculated age 54 · 4,050 kuruş

      [1]

  32. 1903/04 (AH 1321)İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,050 kuruş
  33. 1904/05 (AH 1322)İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,050 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 57 · 4,050 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  34. 1905/06 (AH 1323)İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,050 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 58 · 4,050 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  35. 1906/07 (AH 1324)İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,050 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 59 · 4,050 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  36. 1907/08 (AH 1325)İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,050 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 60 · 4,050 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  37. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği · 7,000 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği

      · Calculated age 61 · 7,000 kuruş

      [1]

  38. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği · 3 career entries · 5,000; 7,000 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği

      · Calculated age 62 · 7,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği

      · Calculated age 62 · 5,000 kuruş

      [1]

  39. Undated entriesMuhasebe başkitabeti · 3 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,200; 2,250 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe başkitabeti

      Beirut (Beyrut) · 2,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03,5007,0001864/65AH 12811909/10AH 13271864/65 (AH 1281) · Mukayyit refakati · age 16 · 150 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · Mukayyit refakati · age 17 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1865/66 (AH 1282) · Mukayyit refakati · age 17 · 200 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Mukayyit refakati · age 18 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1866/67 (AH 1283) · Bursa mukayyit refakati · age 18 · 166.5 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Bursa mukayyit refakati · age 19 · 166.5 kuruş · Source-bounded service1867/68 (AH 1284) · Bursa mukayyit refakati · age 19 · 250 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Başdad Vecde mukayyit refakati · age 20 · 250 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Halep mukayyit refakati · age 20 · 340 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Bursa mukayyit refakati · age 20 · 340 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Kıbrıs mukayyit muinliği · age 21 · 400 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Selanik mukayyit muinliği · age 21 · 500 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · İzmir mukayyit muinliği · age 21 · 600 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · İzmir mukayyit muinliği · age 22 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti · age 22 · 500 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Trabzon ve Erzurum vilayetleri kitabeti · age 23 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Kıbrıs muinliği · age 23 · 380 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kıbrıs muinliği · age 24 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kıbrıs muinliği · age 24 · 500 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Hulasa mukayyitliği · age 24 · 550 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Hulasa mukayyitliği · age 25 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Devair mukayyitliği · age 25 · 600 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Tuna mukayyitliği · age 25 · 800 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Cidde mukayyitliği · age 26 · 800 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Cidde mukayyitliği · age 26 · 900 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Cidde mukayyitliği · age 27 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği · age 28 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Varaka-i sahiha mukayyitliği · age 29 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Emtia mukayyitliği · age 29 · 1,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Emtia mukayyitliği · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Emtia mukayyitliği · age 31 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği · age 31 · 1,200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği · age 32 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Sakız ve emtia mukayyitliği · age 32 · 960 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Muhasebe başkitabeti · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 32 · 2,500 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Merkez müdürlüğü · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 36 · 1,200 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Muvazene Kitabeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 800 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muvazene Kitabeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muvazene Kitabeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 1,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muvazene Kitabeti · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 1,200 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Mümeyyiz muavinliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 1,200 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Mümeyyiz muavinliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 38 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Mümeyyiz muavinliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 38 · 1,350 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Mümeyyiz-i sani · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 38 · 1,350 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 43 · 2,400 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 44 · 2,800 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 45 · 2,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 46 · 2,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 47 · 2,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 48 · 2,900 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 2,900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Mümeyyiz-i evvel · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 2,610 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Maaş kaydı · age 51 · 2,810 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Nezaret görevi, asaleten · age 54 · 4,050 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 56 · 4,050 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 57 · 4,050 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 58 · 4,050 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 59 · 4,050 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · İstanbul Mülhakat Gümrüğü nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 60 · 4,050 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği · age 61 · 7,000 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği · age 62 · 7,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Rüsumat Emaneti muhasebeciliği · age 62 · 5,000 kuruş

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Personal details

Birthplace
Afyonkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Sahib [1]
Birth year
1848/49 (AH 1265) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00010 /00284 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Üsküdar 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
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.666667 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları

    İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 59, 60, 61, 62

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