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Mehmed Cemil 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. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Mektubçu kalemi mülazımıDiyarbakır
  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Mektubçu kalemi katibiDiyarbakır · 50 kuruş
    1. Mektubçu kalemi katibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 19 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Mektubçu kalemi katibiDiyarbakır
  4. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Postahane katibiDiyarbakır · 300 kuruş
    1. Postahane katibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Aşar ve ağnam nezareti tahrirat mübeyyiziDiyarbakır · 240 kuruş
  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Merkez mutasarrıflığı aşar başkatibi · 2 career entriesDiyarbakır · 500; 640 kuruş
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 30 · 640 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Aşar başkatibiDiyarbakırContinuing service described by the source
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar başkatibiDiyarbakırContinuing service described by the source
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar başkatibiDiyarbakır · 480 kuruş
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 33 · 480 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Aşar başkatibiDiyarbakırContinuing service described by the source
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Aşar başkatibi · 4 career entriesDiyarbakır · Nusaybin/Cizre
    1. Aşar başkatibi

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

    3. Nusaybin ve Cizre kaymakam vekili; Avniye mal müdürü tahkikatı (İnfisal)

      Nusaybin/Cizre · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kaymakam vekili · 2 career entriesNusaybin
    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Nusaybin · Calculated age 40

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Nusaybin · Calculated age 40

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  13. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri)Mardin · 0 kuruş
    1. Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri)

      Mardin · Calculated age 43 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri) · 4 career entriesMardin · 0 kuruş
    1. Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri)

      Mardin · Calculated age 44 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Mardin · Calculated age 44

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Mutasarrıf vekili

      Mardin · Calculated age 44

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    4. Mutasarrıf vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Mardin · Calculated age 44

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  15. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Sancak tahrirat müdürüMardin · 1,116 kuruş
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Mardin · Calculated age 45 · 1,116 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Azil
    1. Azil

      · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  17. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tekaüt · 372 kuruş
    1. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 50 · 372 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  18. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizren · 1,125 kuruş
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 51 · 1,125 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizrenContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 52

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizrenContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 53

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizrenContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 54

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizrenContinuing service described by the source
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 55

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Sancak tahrirat müdürüPrizren · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 56

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Prizren · Calculated age 56 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  24. Undated entriesMektubçu kalemi katibi · 3 career entriesDiyarbakır · Mardin · Karesi · 100; 1,240; 1,500 kuruş
    1. Sancak tahrirat müdürü

      Karesi · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001871/72AH 12881907/08AH 13251871/72 (AH 1288) · Mektubçu kalemi katibi · Diyarbakır · age 19 · 50 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Postahane katibi · Diyarbakır · age 25 · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Aşar ve ağnam nezareti tahrirat mübeyyizi · Diyarbakır · age 28 · 240 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Merkez mutasarrıflığı aşar başkatibi · Diyarbakır · age 30 · 500 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Aşar başkatibi · Diyarbakır · age 30 · 640 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar başkatibi · Diyarbakır · age 33 · 480 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri) · Mardin · age 43 · 0 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Mutasarrıf vekili (fahri) · Mardin · age 44 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Sancak tahrirat müdürü · Mardin · age 45 · 1,116 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Tekaüt · age 50 · 372 kuruş · Retirement entry1902/03 (AH 1320) · Sancak tahrirat müdürü · Prizren · age 51 · 1,125 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Sancak tahrirat müdürü · Prizren · age 56 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Diyarbakır [source]Diyarbekir [1]
Birth province
Diyarbakır [source]
Birth year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [1]
Education
Mekatib-i Adiye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Diyarbekir Mektubçu Kalemi [source]
First work year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 defterlerinde Diyarbekirli yöneticiler

    İSHAK ŞİMŞEK · 2013 · Pages 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153

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