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Mehmet Hamdi 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. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Kütahya Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKütahya
  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Kütahya Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKütahyaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kütahya Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Kütahya · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Kütahya Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)Kütahya

    1. Kütahya Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)

      Kütahya · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  4. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tophane-i Amire 2. Zayi Alayı 1. Tabur 5. Bölük askerliğiTophane-i Amire
  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Kütahya Redif Mukaddem Taburu 3. Bölük başçavuşuKütahya
  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Kütahya Redif Mukaddem Taburu 3. Bölük başçavuşu · 2 career entriesKütahya

    1. Kütahya Redif Mukaddem Taburu 3. Bölük başçavuşu

      Kütahya · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kütahya Redif Mukaddem Taburu 3. Bölük başçavuşu (İnfisal)

      Kütahya · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  7. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Kütahya Sancağı Evkaf KitabetiKütahya · 300 kuruş

    1. Kütahya Sancağı Evkaf Kitabeti

      Kütahya · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf MemuruEskişehir · 400 kuruş

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 53 · 400 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  9. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf MemuruEskişehir · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 54 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf MemuruEskişehir · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 55 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf MemuruEskişehir · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 56 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf MemuruEskişehir · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 57 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · 2 career entriesEskişehir · Kütahya · 400; 750 kuruş

    1. Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 58 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kütahya Sancağı Evkaf Memuru

      Kütahya · Calculated age 58 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesTophane-i Amire neferi · 3 career entriesTophane-i Amire

Recorded pay

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

03757501881/82AH 12991909/10AH 13271881/82 (AH 1299) · Kütahya Sancağı Evkaf Kitabeti · Kütahya · age 30 · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 53 · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 54 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 55 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 56 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 57 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Eskişehir Kazası Evkaf Memuru · Eskişehir · age 58 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Kütahya Sancağı Evkaf Memuru · Kütahya · age 58 · 750 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth year
1852/53 (AH 1269) [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:90, s.297 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Dinî ilimlere giriş, Arapça ve bir miktar Farsça öğrenimi [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

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
Kütahya [source]
First work year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [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 Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 131, 132

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