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Mehmed Mekki 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. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığıKartal · 150 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı

      Kartal · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığıKartal · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı

      Kartal · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı · 3 career entriesKartal · Resne · 150; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı

      Kartal · Calculated age 22 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı (Nakil)

      Kartal · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Resne · Calculated age 22 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı · Kartal · age 20 · 150 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı · Kartal · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muharrerat musıllığı · Kartal · age 22 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Resne · age 22 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Father’s occupation
Topçu kamacı yüzbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 158/467, s.467 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekke 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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kartal [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.
First work year
1906/07 (AH 1324) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 202

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