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Mehmed Şerif 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. 1861/62 (AH 1278)arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü)Erzurum · 2,500 kuruş
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)MuhasebeciTripoli (Trablusgarp) · 2,375 kuruş
  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)MuhasebeciBeirut (Beyrut) · 2,375 kuruş
  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)MuhasebeciBeirut (Beyrut)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebeci

      Beirut (Beyrut)

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)MuhasebeciBeirut (Beyrut)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebeci

      Beirut (Beyrut)

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)MuhasebeciBeirut (Beyrut)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebeci

      Beirut (Beyrut)

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)MuhasebeciBeirut (Beyrut) · 2,350; 2,500 kuruş

    1. Muhasebeci

      Beirut (Beyrut)

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1884/85 (AH 1302)arazi-i seniye müdürü · 2 career entriesSuriye · Haleb · 5,000; 6,000 kuruş

    1. arazi-i seniye müdürü

      Suriye · 5,000 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1887/88 (AH 1305)çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil) · 2 career entriesHaleb · Beirut (Beyrut) · 6,000 kuruş

    1. çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı (Azil)

      Haleb

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesnüfus kalemi katibi · 16 career entriesDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · Maliye Nezareti, İstanbul · Varidat Muhasebesi, İstanbul · Defter-i Hakani, İstanbul · Erzurum · Muş · Suriye · Beirut (Beyrut) · 150; 170; 470; 800; 2,375; 3,300; 5,000 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. nüfus kalemi katibi

      Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    2. ruznamçe kalemi katibi

      Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    3. ruznamçe kalemi katibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. komisyon refakatinde memur

      Maliye Nezareti, İstanbul

      [1]

    5. komisyon refakatinde memur (Nakil)

      Maliye Nezareti, İstanbul

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    6. Mülazım

      Varidat Muhasebesi, İstanbul

      [1]

    7. ruznamçe odası katibi

      Defter-i Hakani, İstanbul · 170 kuruş

      [1]

    8. ruznamçe odası katibi (Nakil)

      Defter-i Hakani, İstanbul

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) (İstifa)

      Erzurum

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    10. mutasarrıf vekili

      Muş · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    11. mutasarrıf vekili (İnfisal)

      Muş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    12. Defter-i Hakani katibi

      Defter-i Hakani, İstanbul · 470 kuruş

      [1]

    13. Defter-i Hakani katibi (Nakil)

      Defter-i Hakani, İstanbul

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    14. Defter-i Hakani müdürü

      Suriye · 3,300 kuruş

      [1]

    16. Vefat

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03,0006,0001861/62AH 12781887/88AH 13051861/62 (AH 1278) · arazi memuru (Defter-i Hakani müdürü) · Erzurum · 2,500 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Muhasebeci · Tripoli (Trablusgarp) · 2,375 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Muhasebeci · Beirut (Beyrut) · 2,375 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muhasebeci · Beirut (Beyrut) · 2,500 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muhasebeci · Beirut (Beyrut) · 2,350 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · arazi-i seniye müdürü · Suriye · 5,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · çiftlikat-ı hümayun nazırı · Haleb · 6,000 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Defterdar · Beirut (Beyrut) · 6,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Erzincan [source]
Father’s occupation
Erzincan müfettişi [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD, 484/1 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Mekatib-i idadiye [source]
Qualification
mukaddime-i ulum, Farsi, Arabi, fenn-i hesap [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun nüfus kalemi [source]
First-salary field
150 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 Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar

    ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 20, 21

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