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Ahmet Hilmi Efendi

Born 1846/47 (AH 1263) · Ürgüp · Career evidence 1864 to 1887 (AH 1281 to 1304)

Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Ürgüp
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 5 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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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.

4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Ürgüp

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1865/66 (AH 1282) · 17 recorded years

    Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

    AH entries: 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

    1. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    14. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    15. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    16. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    17. Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi / Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi; Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

    1. Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

      Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi

      Erzak Ambarı Kalemi memuru (Nakil)

      Calculated age 36

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

      Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

      Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1882/83 (AH 1300) · 5 recorded years

    Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

    AH entries: 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi

    1. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      650 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Kapdan Kalemi memuru

      750 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Entry & evidence →[1]

1 entry 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; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03757501864/65AH 12811876/77AH 12931886/87AH 13041864/65 (AH 1281) · 200 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · 200 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · 200 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · 200 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · 200 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · 200 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · 200 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 200 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 200 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · 200 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 200 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 200 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 200 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · 200 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 200 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 200 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 200 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 200 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 200 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 200 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 650 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 650 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 650 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 650 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 650 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 650 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 750 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi19
    1864 to 1882 (AH 1281 to 1299)
  2. Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi6
    1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi200
  2. Hassa-i Şahane Kapdan Kalemi200 to 750

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1864 to 1882 (AH 1281 to 1299)
  2. 1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)

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

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp[source]
Birth year
1846/47 (AH 1263)[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00045/00207.[1]97 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00045/00207.[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Sıbyan ve «sim kütüphane ittisali» mektepleri[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Ambarı Kalemi[source]
First-salary field
200 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
1864/65 (AH 1281)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 88, 89

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00045/00207.; 97 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00045/00207.

Read the original source accounts · 29 source entries →

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 · 24 dated years

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