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Hacı Mehmed Ali Efendi

Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.905

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1897/98 (AH 1315): Musul Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Şemamek şubesi memuru, ŞemamekAH 1315
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  • Şemamek

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

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1Kirkuk (Kerkük)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 2 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Şemamek

    Not yet located on the map: Şemamek

    1. Musul Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu Şemamek şubesi memuru

      Calculated age 27

2 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.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

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Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Şemamek1
    1897/98 (AH 1315)

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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

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

Education and personal record

Schooling Hususi eğitim: Arapça, Farsça, Osmanlıca ve hesap [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kerkük [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kerkük belediye reisi ve Emlak-ı Hümayun muavini [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.905 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Hususi eğitim: Arapça, Farsça, Osmanlıca ve hesap [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kerkük [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 102, 103

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.905

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 1 dated years

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