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Mehmed Halid 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Mektubi KalemiHicaz

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Mektubi KalemiHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Mektubi KalemiHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Mektubi KalemiHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Mektubi KalemiHicaz · 52 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 34 · 52 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Mektubi KalemiHicaz · 50; 52 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 35 · 52 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 35 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mektubi KalemiHicaz · 45; 50 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 36 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 36 · 45 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Mektubi KalemiHicaz · 36; 45 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 37 · 45 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 37 · 36 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Evrak Odası mukayyidiHicaz · 180 kuruş

    1. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 38 · 180 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Evrak Odası mukayyidiHicaz · 180; 206 kuruş

    1. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 39 · 180 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 39 · 206 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Evrak Odası mukayyidiHicaz · 206; 250 kuruş

    1. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 40 · 206 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 40 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Evrak Odası mukayyidiHicaz · 250; 275 kuruş

    1. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 41 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 41 · 275 kuruş

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesEvrak Odası mukayyidiHicaz · 305 kuruş

    1. Evrak Odası mukayyidi

      Hicaz · 305 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0137.52751877/78AH 12941883/84AH 13011877/78 (AH 1294) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 34 · 52 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 35 · 52 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 35 · 50 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 36 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 36 · 45 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 37 · 45 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mektubi Kalemi · Hicaz · age 37 · 36 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 38 · 180 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 39 · 180 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 39 · 206 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 40 · 206 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 40 · 250 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 41 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Evrak Odası mukayyidi · Hicaz · age 41 · 275 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1844/45 (AH 1260) [source]
Father’s occupation
Nakşibendi şeyhi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 49/347, s.347 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; Arapça sarf ve nahiv [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; hususi muallim [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
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hicaz [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Apprenticeship
4 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 183, 184

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