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Mehmed Celaleddin 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. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 14

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi) · 3 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruş
    1. Telgraf stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Telgraf stajyeri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 100; 110 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 110 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 24 · 110 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 50; 110 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 110 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesTelgraf stajyeriAleppo (Halep)

Recorded pay

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

0551101899/1900AH 13171905/06AH 13231899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 100 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 20 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 21 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 22 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 110 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 110 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kontrat Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 110 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti Kefalet ve Tahsilat Kalemi Memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 50 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Antakya [source]
Birth year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]
Father’s occupation
Halep Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Müfettiş Muavini [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD.,No:118,s.203 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Halep rüştiyesi mezunu [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Halep rüştiye mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Halep [source]
Apprenticeship
6 [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

    NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 174

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