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Halil Kenan 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. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuruMecca (Mekke) · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 19 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuruMecca (Mekke)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuruMecca (Mekke)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuruMecca (Mekke)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru · 2 career entriesMecca (Mekke) · Jeddah (Cidde) · 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve posta merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · 3 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 24 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (İnfisal)

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001901/02AH 13191907/08AH 13251901/02 (AH 1319) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi kartpostal memuru · Mecca (Mekke) · age 19 · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 23 · 600 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yabancı haberleşme memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 24 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 24 · 500 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 25 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Father’s occupation
Jandarma yüzbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 116/253, s.253 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi; sınıf ikincisi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekke Rüşdiye Mektebi [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mekke [source]
First-salary field
400 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
1901/02 (AH 1319) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 128, 129

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