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Mahmut Hilmi Efendi

Birthplace: egin Observed AH 1279–1322 (1862–1905)

22_64; 127Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mahmut Hilmi Efendi was born in Egin in AH 1259 (1843–1844). Recorded schooling includes 9 years at idadi Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1279 (1862–1863), 20 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 44 distinct AH years in AH 1279–1322 (1862–1905); it begins with Muhabere Memuru in Pristine (500 kuruş monthly). Basmudur appears later, in AH 1321 (1903–1904), with 3,000 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing); Arabic: Tekellum (speaking). Distinct legal-source notes are preserved below; they are not adjudicated findings.

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Life and career

44 recorded AH years · 44 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1259 (1843–1844)
AH 1279 (1862–1863)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1279 (1862–1863)Birth-year difference: 20 AH years
AH 1280 (1863–1864)Birth-year difference: 21 AH years
AH 1281 (1864–1865)Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
AH 1282 (1865–1866)Birth-year difference: 23 AH years
AH 1283 (1866–1867)Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
AH 1284 (1867–1868)Birth-year difference: 25 AH years
AH 1285–1286 (1868–1870)Birth-year difference: 26–27 AH years
AH 1287–1288 (1870–1872)Birth-year difference: 28–29 AH years
AH 1289–1301 (1872–1884)Birth-year difference: 30–42 AH years
AH 1302–1305 (1884–1888)Birth-year difference: 43–46 AH years
AH 1306 (1888–1889)Birth-year difference: 47 AH years
AH 1307–1320 (1889–1903)Birth-year difference: 48–61 AH years
AH 1321–1322 (1903–1905)Birth-year difference: 62–63 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1279 (1862–1863)

Muhabere Memuru · pristine · 500 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1279 (1862–1863) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 500 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1279 (1862–1863)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

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Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Locality pristine → siroz
Locality siroz → selanik
Salary 500 to 560 kuruş +60 (+12%)
Title Muhabere Memuru → 2. Mudur
Locality selanik → narda
Salary 560 to 760 kuruş +200 (+35.71%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality narda → yanya
Salary 760 to 1,200 kuruş +440 (+57.89%)
Title 1. Mudur → 2. Mudur
Locality yanya → cankiri
Salary 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş -200 (-16.67%)
Locality cankiri → karadeniz eregli
Salary 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş +200 (+20%)
Title 2. Mudur → 1. Mudur
Locality karadeniz eregli → yafa
Locality yafa → sam
Salary 1,200 to 1,300 kuruş +100 (+8.33%)
Salary 1,300 to 1,500 kuruş +200 (+15.38%)
Salary 1,500 to 1,300 kuruş -200 (-13.33%)
Title 1. Mudur → Mufettis
Locality sam → suriye
Salary 1,300 to 2,000 kuruş +700 (+53.85%)
Title Mufettis → Basmudur
Locality suriye → yanya
Locality yanya → sam
Salary 2,000 to 2,500 kuruş +500 (+25%)
Salary 2,500 to 2,850 kuruş +350 (+14%)
Salary 2,850 to 2,565 kuruş -285 (-10%)
Salary 2,565 to 3,000 kuruş +435 (+16.96%)
Locality sam → beyrut

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1279 (1862–1863)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 22_64; 127

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Original note: “Fi 6 Cemaziyelahir sene 1306 ve fi 25 Kânunusani sene 1304”
Original note (excerpt): “Sahte pul / Şam-ı şerif Telgraf Müdüriyeti'nde iken Dersaadet'e gönderilen bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pullardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamış ise de ” …
Original note (excerpt): “Şam-ı şerif Telgraf ve Posta İdaresi'nce bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pulun maddesinden dolayı mütecasirlerini zahire ihracı hakkında Telgraf ve Posta Nezar” …

1 further distinct original note is available in the evidence below.

Excerpts are shortened; complete wording is available in the source record download.

Later annual personnel extract marks “yes for this annual record” in AH 1298–1309 (1880–1892), AH 1311–1322 (1893–1905). This label applies to those annual entries, not to the official’s lifetime.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Annual legal-record indicator: 1 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1279–1297 (1862–1880)
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 1 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1298–1309 (1880–1892), AH 1311–1322 (1893–1905)

Legal wording and source descriptions

Identical wording is shown once above. Repeated copies remain separately listed here; they do not establish independent confirmation.

Original note: “Fi 6 Cemaziyelahir sene 1306 ve fi 25 Kânunusani sene 1304”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1300 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1883 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Sahte pul / Şam-ı şerif Telgraf Müdüriyeti'nde iken Dersaadet'e gönderilen bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pullardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamış ise de zirde gösterildiği vechile tebrie-i zimmet eylemiştir.”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1881 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Şam-ı şerif Telgraf ve Posta İdaresi'nce bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pulun maddesinden dolayı mütecasirlerini zahire ihracı hakkında Telgraf ve Posta Nezaret-i Aliyyesi'nde vukubulan işʻar üzerine Suriye Merkez Mutasarrıflığı Meclis-i İdaresi'nce tahkikat ve tetkikatta gerek müdür-i mumaileyh Hilmi Efendi'nin ve gerek muhabere memurlarının bu işte zimedhal bulundukları tebeyyün etmeyip fakat posta memuru Abdurrahim Efendi'nin adem-i ehliyet ve dikkatinden dolayı ifa-yı memuriyet esnasında hariçten tasni‘ ve asıl pullarla tebdil edilmiş olacağı melhuz bulunduğundan müdür-i mumaileyh ile muhabere memurlarının beraetlerine ve Abdurrahim Efendi'nin tebeyyün eden adem-i ehliyetine mebni tardına karar verildiği meclis-i mezkurun 16 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli mazbatasında gösterildiği Meclis-i İdare-i vilayetin 18 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli ilamının merbut suret-i musaddakasında muharrer bulunmuştur. ”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1299 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1882 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified) · Stored year label: 1881 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Fi 6 Cemaziyelahir sene 1306 ve fi 25 Kânunusani sene 1304”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1300 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Sahte pul / Şam-ı şerif Telgraf Müdüriyeti'nde iken Dersaadet'e gönderilen bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pullardan dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamış ise de zirde gösterildiği vechile tebrie-i zimmet eylemiştir.”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Şam-ı şerif Telgraf ve Posta İdaresi'nce bazı mekatibe yapıştırılan sahte pulun maddesinden dolayı mütecasirlerini zahire ihracı hakkında Telgraf ve Posta Nezaret-i Aliyyesi'nde vukubulan işʻar üzerine Suriye Merkez Mutasarrıflığı Meclis-i İdaresi'nce tahkikat ve tetkikatta gerek müdür-i mumaileyh Hilmi Efendi'nin ve gerek muhabere memurlarının bu işte zimedhal bulundukları tebeyyün etmeyip fakat posta memuru Abdurrahim Efendi'nin adem-i ehliyet ve dikkatinden dolayı ifa-yı memuriyet esnasında hariçten tasni‘ ve asıl pullarla tebdil edilmiş olacağı melhuz bulunduğundan müdür-i mumaileyh ile muhabere memurlarının beraetlerine ve Abdurrahim Efendi'nin tebeyyün eden adem-i ehliyetine mebni tardına karar verildiği meclis-i mezkurun 16 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli mazbatasında gösterildiği Meclis-i İdare-i vilayetin 18 Muharrem sene 1298 tarihli ilamının merbut suret-i musaddakasında muharrer bulunmuştur. ”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1299 (calendar unverified)
Original note: “Zimmet”
Legal notes (later workbook copy) · Recorded year value: 1298 (calendar unverified)

Annual legal-record indicator

Later annual personnel extract

Recorded annual value 0 · AH 1279–1297 (1862–1880) · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.
Recorded annual value 1 · AH 1298–1309 (1880–1892), AH 1311–1322 (1893–1905) · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Meaning is shown only where the source provides a verified annual label; it applies to these annual entries, not a lifetime verdict.

Earlier legal-notes workbook legal-record field F (meaning unverified)

Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)

Recorded code 1 · Stored source-year values: 1298–1300 (calendar unverified)