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Mustafa Cemal Efendi

Born 1841/42 (AH 1257) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1858 to 1894 (AH 1275 to 1311)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival references BOA SAD 37390; BOA SAD 4/506

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 9 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)ErzurumDiyarbakırGülnarErmenek
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 9 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1841/42 (AH 1257)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1858/59 (AH 1275)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Ceride Muhasebesi Kalemi çırağı

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Erzurum

    1. Erzurum Vilayeti Tahrir-i Emlak memuru

      Calculated age 25

  4. 4

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Erzurum / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Erzurum

      Erzurum Vilayeti Tahrir-i Emlak memuru

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Maliye Hazinesi kalemleri memuru

      Calculated age 26

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Diyarbakır

    1. Aşar Müdürü

      Calculated age 36

  6. 6

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Hakkari

    Not yet located on the map: Hakkari

    1. Aşar Müdürü

      Calculated age 39

  7. 7

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Gülnar / Ermenek

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Gülnar

      Gülnar kaymakamı

      Calculated age 42

    2. Ermenek

      Ermenek kaymakamı

      Calculated age 42

  8. 8

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Ermenek / Lapeski

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Lapeski

    1. Ermenek

      Ermenek kaymakamı

      Calculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Lapeski

      Lapeski kaymakamı

      Calculated age 43

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Vefat

      Calculated age 54

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
  2. 1865 to 1867 (AH 1282 to 1283)
  3. 1858 to 1867 (AH 1275 to 1283)
  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)
  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
  6. Hakkari1
    1878/79 (AH 1296)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
  2. 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
  3. 1865 to 1867 (AH 1282 to 1283)
  4. 1858/59 (AH 1275)
  5. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
  6. 1882/83 (AH 1300)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Maarif-i Adliye Mekteb-i Rüşdisi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 123, 124

    579 Maarif-i Adliye Mekteb-i Rüşdisi'nde İsagoci'ye kadar Arapça ve bir miktar Farsça görmüştür. Türkçe yazar. ( BOA SAD 37390) 116; ⁵⁸⁸ Lapeski kaymakamı iken Bargos köprüsünün inşasına başlayarak iki ilkokulun inşasından ve mühimmat-ı cihadiye için Lapeski dağlarından kesilen kerestenin parasız nakl edilmesinden ve ıslahat ile tahsilat konusundaki gayretinden dolayı takdir edilmiştir. 15 Şa'ban 1311 tarihinde vefat etmiştir. (BOA SAD 4/506); BOA SAD 4/506

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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