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Esseyid Mehmed Eşref Bey

Born 1849/50 (AH 1266) · Medina (Medine) · Dated entries 1862 to 1894 (AH 1279 to 1311)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 49/236 s.27

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1Medina (Medine)
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Stage 1 of 6 · Medina (Medine)

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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.

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  1. 1

    1849/50 (AH 1266)

    Medina (Medine)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 13

    2. Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 13

  3. 3

    1863/64 (AH 1280) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 14

      Continuing service as described

    2. Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 15

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Place not recorded / Medina (Medine)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi görevlisi

      Calculated age 16

      Continuing service as described

    2. Medina (Medine)

      Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevi tahrirat memuru

      Calculated age 16

  5. 5

    1866/67 (AH 1283) · 20 recorded years

    Medina (Medine)

    AH entries: 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevi tahrirat memuru

      Calculated age 17

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevi evrak memuru

      Calculated age 36

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  6. 6

    1892/93 (AH 1310) · 2 recorded years

    Medina (Medine)

    AH entries: 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevi başkatip vekili

      300 kuruşCalculated age 44

    2. Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevi başkatip vekili (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 45

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Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1865 to 1894 (AH 1282 to 1311)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Medina (Medine)46.5 to 421.5

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1865 to 1885 (AH 1282 to 1302)
  2. 1862 to 1866 (AH 1279 to 1282)
  3. 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)

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Education and personal record

Schooling Medine ibtidai mektepleri; İstanbul Çemberlitaş Valide Sultan Rüşdiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 118, 119

    188 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 49/236 s.27.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated years

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