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Mehmed Emin 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. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · 2 career entriesElazığ · Malatya
  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Arazi İkinci KâtibiMalatya · 250 kuruş

    1. Arazi İkinci Kâtibi

      Malatya · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Tahrirat Kalemi MüsevvidiMalatya · 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi Müsevvidi

      Malatya · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1878 (AH 1295)İdare Meclisi BaşkâtibiMardin · 500 kuruş

    1. İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi

      Mardin · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Defter-i Hakani MemuruDiyarbakır · 950 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 31 · 950 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Defter-i Hakani MemuruDiyarbakır · 760 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 32 · 760 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Defter-i Hakani MemuruMosul (Musul) · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 42 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Defter-i Hakani Memuru · 2 career entriesBasra · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Basra · Calculated age 46 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. göreve başlama

      Basra · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tercüman vekiliBasra · 200 kuruş

    1. Tercüman vekili

      Basra · Calculated age 47 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tercüman vekili · 3 career entriesBasra · Rhodes (Rodos) · 200; 760 kuruş

    1. Tercüman vekili

      Basra · Calculated age 48 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tercüman vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Basra · Calculated age 48

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Memuru

      Rhodes (Rodos) · Calculated age 48 · 760 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)KaymakamŞatratülamâra · 2,500; 2,550 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Şatratülamâra · Calculated age 49 · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Şatratülamâra · Calculated age 49 · 2,550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  12. 1901/02 (AH 1319)KaymakamDerna (Derne) · 1,575 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Derna (Derne) · Calculated age 54 · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  13. 1903/04 (AH 1321)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,575 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 56 · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1904/05 (AH 1322)KaymakamSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh) · 2,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh) · Calculated age 57 · 2,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  15. 1908/09 (AH 1326)KaymakamŞatratülamâra · 2,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Şatratülamâra · Calculated age 61 · 2,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  16. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Kaymakam (Azil)Şatratülamâra

    1. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Şatratülamâra · Calculated age 65

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesDefter-i Hakani Memuru (Nakil) · 17 career entriesBasra · Rhodes (Rodos) · Şatratülamâra · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Derna (Derne) · Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh) · Şatratülmüntefik · 415; 1,315; 1,575; 1,825; 2,000 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakani Memuru (Nakil)

      Basra

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müddei-i Umumisi (taharri) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Basra

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Defter-i Hakani Memuru (Nakil)

      Rhodes (Rodos)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Kaymakam (İnfisal)

      Şatratülamâra

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    7. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Derna (Derne)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    8. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. Kaymakam vekili

      Şatratülamâra · 1,315 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    10. Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Şatratülamâra

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    11. Kaymakam vekili

      Şatratülmüntefik · 415 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    12. Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Şatratülmüntefik

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    14. Kaymakam (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    15. Kaymakam

      Şatratülamâra · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    16. Kaymakam

      Şatratülamâra · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    17. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Şatratülamâra

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,2752,5501871/72AH 12881908/09AH 13261871/72 (AH 1288) · Arazi İkinci Kâtibi · Malatya · age 23 · 250 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tahrirat Kalemi Müsevvidi · Malatya · age 26 · 300 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · İdare Meclisi Başkâtibi · Mardin · age 30 · 500 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Defter-i Hakani Memuru · Diyarbakır · age 31 · 950 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Defter-i Hakani Memuru · Diyarbakır · age 32 · 760 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Defter-i Hakani Memuru · Mosul (Musul) · age 42 · 1,500 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Defter-i Hakani Memuru · Basra · age 46 · 2,000 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Tercüman vekili · Basra · age 47 · 200 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tercüman vekili · Basra · age 48 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Defter-i Hakani Memuru · Rhodes (Rodos) · age 48 · 760 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Şatratülamâra · age 49 · 2,500 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Şatratülamâra · age 49 · 2,550 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Kaymakam · Derna (Derne) · age 54 · 1,575 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 56 · 1,575 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Kaymakam · Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh) · age 57 · 2,250 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Kaymakam · Şatratülamâra · age 61 · 2,250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth year
1848/49 (AH 1265) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.00004.00338, s. 670 - 671 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
yazar [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Elazığ [source]
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.58 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295

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