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Mehmet Besim 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mülazım (mülazemet)Tekfurdağı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti

    1. Mülazım (mülazemet)

      Tekfurdağı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti SanisiAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 250 kuruş
  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti SanisiAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti SanisiAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi · 3 career entriesAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Kırklareli · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi (Nakil)

      Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti İkinci KatibiKırklareli · 300; 350 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti İkinci Katibi

      Kırklareli · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesMülazım (mülazemet) (Nakil)Tekfurdağı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti

    1. Mülazım (mülazemet) (Nakil)

      Tekfurdağı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01753501888/89AH 13061892/93AH 13101888/89 (AH 1306) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 25 · 250 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 26 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti Sanisi · Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti İkinci Katibi · Kırklareli · age 28 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti İkinci Katibi · Kırklareli · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti İkinci Katibi · Kırklareli · age 29 · 350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Birth year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hattat [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 110/69 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mekatib-i İbtidaiye; Rüşdiye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tekfurdağı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti [source]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [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 Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 60

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