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Mehmet 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)rüsumat merkez müdüriyeti harir kâtibi (İnfisal)İzmit

    1. rüsumat merkez müdüriyeti harir kâtibi (İnfisal)

      İzmit

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürüKarahisar · 1,400 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü

      Karahisar · 1,400 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriestahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 17 career entriesSilistra (Silistre) · Adapazarı · İzmit sancağı · İzmit · Kartal · Tekirdağ · Antalya · Cubul memlehası · Kale-i Sultani sancağı · 100; 150; 250; 300; 400; 500; 550; 700; 850; 1,500 kuruş

    4. Mal Müdürü

      · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    6. hicret (İnfisal)

      [1]

    8. fabrika memuru (İnfisal)

      Adapazarı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. tahrirat kâtibi

      · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    10. tahrir vukuat kâtibi

      İzmit sancağı · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    16. memleha müdürü

      Cubul memlehası · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

    17. Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü

      Kale-i Sultani sancağı · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07001,4001891/92AH 13091891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü · Karahisar · 1,400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Father’s occupation
Haffaf esnafı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/371 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Silistre tahrirat kalemi [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 50, 51

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