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Mehmed Şem’i 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. 1889/90 (AH 1307)İstifa
    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 16

      [1]

  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Sandık eminiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 300 kuruş
    1. Sandık emini

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesBidayet Mahkemesi stajyeri · 6 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 120; 200 kuruş
    1. Nakil

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001892/93AH 13101892/93 (AH 1310) · Sandık emini · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 19 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth year
1874/75 (AH 1291) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 97-91 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Aliyyü'l-ala derecede diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Dimetoka Sıbyan Mektebi; Dimetoka Rüşdiyesi [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
13 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dimetoka [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 161, 162

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