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Mehmed Efendi

Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Varna · Dated entries 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1884/85 (AH 1302): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Van1885/86 (AH 1303): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Van1886/87 (AH 1304): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Van1887/88 (AH 1305): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Van1888/89 (AH 1306): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Van1888/89 (AH 1306): Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kaleminde suret çıkarma, VanAH 1302AH 1305AH 1306
Places and reading notes
  • Van

5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1VarnaVan
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Varna

How to read this map

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.

  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Varna

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Van

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 14

    2. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 14

  3. 3

    1885/86 (AH 1303) · 4 recorded years

    Van

    AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 15

      Continuing service as described

    2. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 16

      Continuing service as described

    3. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 17

      Continuing service as described

    4. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

    5. Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kaleminde suret çıkarma

      Calculated age 18

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)

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

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)
  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth province
Tuna [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Van [source]
First work year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 137

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 6 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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