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Mahmud Hilmi 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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Gönüllü asker

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Gönüllü askerContinuing service described by the source

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Gönüllü asker · 3 career entriesUrla · 160 kuruş

    1. Gönüllü asker

      · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başçavuş (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

    3. Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı

      Urla · Calculated age 25 · 160 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı · 3 career entriesUrla · Mytilene (Midilli) · 160; 320 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı

      Urla · Calculated age 26 · 160 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı (İnfisal)

      Urla · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibiMytilene (Midilli) · 320 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 27 · 320 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi · 3 career entriesMytilene (Midilli) · 250; 320 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 28 · 320 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Nüfus kâtibi

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Piyade Tahsildarı · 3 career entriesMytilene (Midilli) · 250 kuruş

    2. Piyade tahsildarı (İnfisal)

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 29

      [1]

    3. Nüfus kâtibi

      Mytilene (Midilli) · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesBaşçavuş · 3 career entriesMytilene (Midilli) · 47.5 kuruş

    1. Başçavuş

      · 47.5 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Nüfus kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Mytilene (Midilli)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01603201881/82AH 12991885/86AH 13031881/82 (AH 1299) · Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı · Urla · age 25 · 160 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı · Urla · age 26 · 160 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 26 · 320 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 27 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 28 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Nüfus kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 28 · 250 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Nüfus kâtibi · Mytilene (Midilli) · age 29 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i Şahane binbaşısı [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 210, 211

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