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Mehmed Said 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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Kaza MüdürüCelebipazari · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Kaza Müdürü

      Celebipazari · Calculated age 31 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Kaza MüdürüCelebipazari · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaza Müdürü

      Celebipazari · Calculated age 32 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Kaza Müdürü · 2 career entriesCelebipazari · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Kaza Müdürü

      Celebipazari · Calculated age 33 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  4. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Kaza MüdürüSjenica (Seniçe) · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Kaza Müdürü

      Sjenica (Seniçe) · Calculated age 34 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Kaza Müdürü · 2 career entriesSjenica (Seniçe) · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Kaza Müdürü

      Sjenica (Seniçe) · Calculated age 35 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesKesendire · 2,500 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Kesendire · Calculated age 49 · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 49

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,2502,5001858/59AH 12751876/77AH 12931858/59 (AH 1275) · Kaza Müdürü · Celebipazari · age 31 · 1,000 kuruş1859/60 (AH 1276) · Kaza Müdürü · Celebipazari · age 32 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1860/61 (AH 1277) · Kaza Müdürü · Celebipazari · age 33 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1861/62 (AH 1278) · Kaza Müdürü · Sjenica (Seniçe) · age 34 · 1,200 kuruş1862/63 (AH 1279) · Kaza Müdürü · Sjenica (Seniçe) · age 35 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Kaymakam · Kesendire · age 49 · 2,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth year
1828/29 (AH 1244) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 113-53 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Nevesin [source]
First-salary field
1000 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1850/51 (AH 1267) [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 Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 230, 231

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