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Mustafa Seyfi 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Cinayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKütahya
  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Polis · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Polis

      · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  9. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Nüfus memuruEnez (İnoz) · 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus memuru

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesNefer

Recorded pay

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

01503001891/92AH 13091898/99AH 13161891/92 (AH 1309) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Nüfus memuru · Enez (İnoz) · age 34 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
İptidai mektebi; rüştiye [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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kütahya [source]
First work year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [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 Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 159

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