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Mehmed Said 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. 1867/68 (AH 1284)tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemetleHüdâvendigâr

    1. tahrîrat kalemi; mülâzemetle

      Hüdâvendigâr · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  2. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Mektubi Kalemi · 333 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 20 · 333 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Mektubi Kalemi · 333; 350 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 21 · 333 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 21 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Mektubi Kalemi · 350 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 22 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Mektubi Kalemi · 150; 350; 510; 520 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 520 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 23 · 510 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Mektubi Kalemi · 185; 200; 500; 510 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 510 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 185 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Mektubi Kalemi · 2 career entries · 200 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Mektubi Kalemi

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  9. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Mektubi Kalemi · 2 career entries

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  10. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Mektubi Kalemi

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  11. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Mektubi Kalemi

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  12. 1878 (AH 1295)Mektubi Kalemi

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  13. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mektubi Kalemi · 150 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 31

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 31 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Mektubi Kalemi · 150; 520 kuruş

    1. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 32 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mektubi Kalemi

      · Calculated age 32 · 520 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Nüfus Nezareti · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Nüfus Nezareti

      · Calculated age 44 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001868/69AH 12851891/92AH 13091868/69 (AH 1285) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 20 · 333 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 21 · 333 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 21 · 350 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 22 · 350 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 23 · 350 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 23 · 150 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 23 · 520 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 23 · 510 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 24 · 510 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 24 · 500 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 24 · 185 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 24 · 200 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 25 · 200 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 31 · 150 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 32 · 150 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mektubi Kalemi · age 32 · 520 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Nüfus Nezareti · age 44 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]Bursa kasabası [1]
Birth year
1848/49 (AH 1265) [source]
Father’s occupation
Müderris [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
120/242; 481 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; mekteb-i rüşdi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hüdâvendigâr [source]
First work year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar

    DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 290,291

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