Mehmed Yusuf Paşa
Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Damascus (Şam) · Dated entries 1852 to 1890 (AH 1269 to 1307)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA SAD 2/594
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Yusuf Paşa was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1838/39 (AH 1254). The father’s occupation was Havran Sancağı mutasarrıfı. Schooling included Şam Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi, Şam in 1852/53 (AH 1269). Service included Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı in Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun (1852/53 (AH 1269)). Later posts included Meclis-i Tahkik azası in Damascus (Şam) (1854/55 (AH 1271)), Kilar-ı Hacc-ı Şerif emaneti (1857/58 (AH 1274)) and Belediye Meclisi reisi in Damascus (Şam) (1889/90 (AH 1307)). Damascus (Şam) appears most often, across 3 dated years. Entries later return to Damascus (Şam), the recorded birthplace. [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 7 · Damascus (Şam)
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1 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Damascus (Şam)
Birth
2 1852/53 (AH 1269)
Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi, Şam / Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi, Şam; Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun
Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi, Şam
First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Beşinci Ordu-yı Hümayun
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 15
3 1854/55 (AH 1271)
Damascus (Şam)
4 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
5 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
6 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Damascus (Şam)
7 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Damascus (Şam)
Belediye Meclisi reisi
Calculated age 53
7 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.
- Meclis-i Kebir-i Eyalet azası · Damascus (Şam) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Infisal · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- kaymakam (Humus, Baalbek, Beka kazaları) · Humus/Baalbek/Beka · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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Pay over time
Pay in its time
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Career patterns and pay
Where the career is recorded
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Titles across the recorded years
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Related officials in the salary reference
- Damascus (Şam)13 other officialsMustafa Tevfik Paşa born 1845/46 (AH 1262); no salary recorded
- Damascus (Şam)10 other officialsMustafa Necib Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- 1852/53 (AH 1269)23 other officialsHasan Fehmi Efendi first annual entry 1852/53 (AH 1269); highest salary 600 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn
FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 107
BOA SAD 2/594
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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