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Mehmed Sâlim 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiOvacık · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Ovacık · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · 2 career entriesOvacık · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Ovacık · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveliDersim · 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli

      Dersim · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveliDersim · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli

      Dersim · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveliDersim · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli

      Dersim · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli · 2 career entriesDersim · Çemişgezek · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli

      Dersim · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vergi kitâbeti refiki

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Vergi kitâbeti refikiÇemişgezek · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kitâbeti refiki

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Vergi kâtibi · 2 career entriesMazgirt · Çemişgezek · 250; 400 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Mazgirt · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Vergi kitâbeti refiki

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Vergi kitâbeti refiki · 2 career entriesÇemişgezek · 250 kuruş

    1. Vergi kitâbeti refiki

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  10. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tahrirat kalemi memuruDersim · 120 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Dersim · Calculated age 30 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahrirat kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesDersim · 120; 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi memuru

      Dersim · Calculated age 31 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hapishane memuru

      Dersim · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Hapishane memuru · 3 career entriesDersim · Mazgirt · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Hapishane memuru

      Dersim · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 32

      [1]

    3. Nüfus memuru

      Mazgirt · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Nüfus memuruMazgirt · Çemişgezek · 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus memuru

      Mazgirt · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nüfus memuru

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Nüfus memuru · 3 career entriesÇemişgezek · Dersim · 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus memuru

      Çemişgezek · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 34

      [1]

    3. Hapishane kâtibi

      Dersim · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001878AH 12951892/93AH 13101878 (AH 1295) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Ovacık · age 19 · 200 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Ovacık · age 20 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli · Dersim · age 22 · 300 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli · Dersim · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli · Dersim · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tahrir-i vergi kitâbeti refik-i evveli · Dersim · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Vergi kitâbeti refiki · Çemişgezek · age 25 · 250 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Vergi kitâbeti refiki · Çemişgezek · age 26 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Vergi kâtibi · Mazgirt · age 27 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Vergi kitâbeti refiki · Çemişgezek · age 27 · 250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Vergi kitâbeti refiki · Çemişgezek · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Tahrirat kalemi memuru · Dersim · age 30 · 120 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahrirat kalemi memuru · Dersim · age 31 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Hapishane memuru · Dersim · age 31 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Hapishane memuru · Dersim · age 32 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Nüfus memuru · Mazgirt · age 32 · 250 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Nüfus memuru · Mazgirt · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Nüfus memuru · Çemişgezek · age 33 · 250 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Nüfus memuru · Çemişgezek · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Hapishane kâtibi · Dersim · age 34 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çemişgezek [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİDd_____00132_00022 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; biraz Arapça ve Farsça eğitimi [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ovacık [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
1878 (AH 1295) [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 çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 322, 323, 324

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