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Mehmed Kemal 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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruş
  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Tahrirat Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300; 390 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 24 · 390 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Muhasebe Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 25 · 390 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Muhasebe Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 26 · 390 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1878 (AH 1295)Muhasebe Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 27 · 390 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Muhasebe Kalemi memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 28 · 390 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Sandık eminiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 450 kuruş
  13. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Sandık emini · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 450 kuruş

    1. Sandık emini

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 30 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Düyun-ı Umumiye memuruŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 400 kuruş
  15. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 400 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru (Azil)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  16. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · 500; 515; 525 kuruş

    1. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi

      · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi

      · Calculated age 37 · 515 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi

      · Calculated age 37 · 525 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · 525 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi

      · Calculated age 38 · 525 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · 2 career entries · 525 kuruş

    1. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi

      · Calculated age 39 · 525 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  19. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Bitlis vilayeti evkaf muhasebecisi (Azil)Bitlis

    1. Bitlis vilayeti evkaf muhasebecisi (Azil)

      Bitlis · Calculated age 45

      [1]

  20. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Belediye reisiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 400; 500 kuruş
  21. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Belediye reisi · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 500 kuruş

    1. Belediye reisi

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 50 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Belediye reisi (İnfisal)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 50

      [1]

  22. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Evkaf muhasebecisiDiyarbakır · 1,350 kuruş

    1. Evkaf muhasebecisi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 56 · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

  23. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Vilayet evkaf muhasebecisi (Azil) · 2 career entriesErzurum · 750 kuruş

    1. Vilayet evkaf muhasebecisi (Azil)

      Erzurum · Calculated age 59

      [1]

    2. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 59 · 750 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  24. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Evkaf müdürü (Açığa çıkarılma)Sivas
  25. Undated entriesBitlis vilayeti evkaf muhasebecisi · 4 career entriesBitlis · Sivas · 1,000; 1,125; 2,000 kuruş

    2. Mazuliyet

      · 1,125 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

    3. Evkaf müdürü

      Sivas · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Evkaf müdürü (Azil)

      Sivas

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

06751,3501869/70AH 12861909/10AH 13271869/70 (AH 1286) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 18 · 300 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 19 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Tahrirat Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 24 · 390 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 25 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 26 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 27 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Muhasebe Kalemi memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 28 · 390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Sandık emini · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 29 · 450 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Sandık emini · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 30 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 32 · 400 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 33 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · age 37 · 500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · age 37 · 515 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · age 37 · 525 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · age 38 · 525 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Evkaf-ı Hümayun Deavi Kalemi mukayyidi · age 39 · 525 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Belediye reisi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 49 · 400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Belediye reisi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 49 · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Belediye reisi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 50 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Evkaf muhasebecisi · Diyarbakır · age 56 · 1,350 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Mazuliyet · age 59 · 750 kuruş · Career status entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Father’s occupation
Mutasarrıf [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 22/251 [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 22/251, s.251 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]Okuryazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [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
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarkî [1]
First-salary field
300 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
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 219, 220, 221, 222, 223

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