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Mahmud 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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refikiBaghdad (Bağdat) · 35 kuruş
  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refikiBaghdad (Bağdat) · 35 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 18 · 35 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refikiBaghdad (Bağdat) · 35; 45 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 19 · 35 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · 6 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Basra · 45; 50; 150; 175; 275; 350 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 20 · 45 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kitabeti refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kitabeti refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 20 · 175 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    5. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 20 · 275 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    6. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 20 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)İstifa

    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refikiBasra · 250 kuruş

    1. Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refikiBasra · 500 kuruş

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refiki · 2 career entriesBasra · 500 kuruş

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refiki

      Basra · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1900/01 (AH 1318)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001888/89AH 13061897/98AH 13151888/89 (AH 1306) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 17 · 35 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 18 · 35 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 19 · 35 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 19 · 45 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 20 · 45 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi refiki · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 20 · 50 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kitabeti refiki · Basra · age 20 · 150 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kitabeti refiki · Basra · age 20 · 175 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki · Basra · age 20 · 275 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki · Basra · age 20 · 350 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi maarifat kitabeti refiki · Basra · age 24 · 250 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refiki · Basra · age 25 · 500 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebe ikinci refiki · Basra · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bağdat [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.969 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Bağdat Mekatib-i İbtidaiyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bağdat [source]
First-salary field
35 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
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 128, 129

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