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Mehmet Sait 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. 1863/64 (AH 1280)askeri hizmetAskeriye

    1. askeri hizmet

      Askeriye · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1866/67 (AH 1283)bölük emini · 50 kuruş

    1. bölük emini

      · Calculated age 20 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)askeri zaptiye memuruSamsun · 120; 130 kuruş

    1. askeri zaptiye memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 22 · 120 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

    2. askeri zaptiye memuru

      Samsun · Calculated age 22 · 130 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)memur (unvan belirtilmemiş) · 160 kuruş

    1. memur (unvan belirtilmemiş)

      · Calculated age 23 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)belediye tahsildarıİstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · 380 kuruş

    1. belediye tahsildarı

      İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 29 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)belediye tahsildarıİstanbul 10. Daire-i BelediyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. belediye tahsildarı

      İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1877/78 (AH 1294)belediye tahsildarıİstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · 400 kuruş

    1. belediye tahsildarı

      İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  8. Undated entriesmaliye başkâtibi · 4 career entriesİstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · İstanbul 8. Daire-i Belediye · 700; 1,000 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. maliye başkâtibi

      İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. mal memuru

      İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. belediye mal memuru

      İstanbul 8. Daire-i Belediye

      [1]

    4. Vefat

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001866/67AH 12831877/78AH 12941866/67 (AH 1283) · bölük emini · age 20 · 50 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · askeri zaptiye memuru · Samsun · age 22 · 120 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · askeri zaptiye memuru · Samsun · age 22 · 130 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · memur (unvan belirtilmemiş) · age 23 · 160 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · belediye tahsildarı · İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · age 29 · 380 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · belediye tahsildarı · İstanbul 10. Daire-i Belediye · age 31 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263) [source]
Father’s occupation
Sadaret kavvası [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr. 00020 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bir miktar okumuş [source]
Persian
bir miktar okumuş [source]
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

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
askeriye [source]
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 300

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