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Mehmed Hilmi 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. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Polis neferi · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Beyoğlu · İstanbul, Beşiktaş · 300 kuruş

    1. Polis neferi

      İstanbul, Beyoğlu · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Polis neferi, Beşiktaş bölüğü

      İstanbul, Beşiktaş · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş
  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Kütahya · 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru

      Kütahya · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru · 2 career entriesKütahya · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru

      Kütahya · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001898/99AH 13161903/04AH 13211898/99 (AH 1316) · Polis neferi · İstanbul, Beyoğlu · age 21 · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Polis neferi, Beşiktaş bölüğü · İstanbul, Beşiktaş · age 21 · 300 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 300 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru · Kütahya · age 25 · 500 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta seyyar memuru · Kütahya · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Postahane sevk-i mekâtib memuru refakati · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mostar [source]
Birth province
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; sarf, nahiv, Arabî, Gülistan, hesap ve coğrafya [source]
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
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
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
1898/99 (AH 1316) [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. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 215, 216

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