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Mehmet Selim 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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)nüfus mukayyidiArtukabad · 37.5 kuruş

    1. nüfus mukayyidi

      Artukabad · 37.5 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1860/61 (AH 1277)kaza müdürü kâtibiHafik (Koçhisar) · 250 kuruş
  3. 1861/62 (AH 1278)muhacirin komisyonu tahrirat kâtibiSivas · 258 kuruş
  4. 1868/69 (AH 1285)tahrirat kalemi kâtibiSivas · 300 kuruş
  5. 1870/71 (AH 1287)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivas · 300 kuruş
  6. 1871/72 (AH 1288)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1872/73 (AH 1289)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1873/74 (AH 1290)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1874/75 (AH 1291)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1875/76 (AH 1292)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1876/77 (AH 1293)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1877/78 (AH 1294)mektubi kalemi müsevvidiSivasContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1878 (AH 1295)mektubi kalemi müsevvidi · 3 career entriesSivas · Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) · 460 kuruş

    1. mektubi kalemi müsevvidi

      Sivas

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1878/79 (AH 1296)mektubi kalemi müsevvidi · 2 career entriesSivas · 250; 400 kuruş
  15. 1879/80 (AH 1297)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1880/81 (AH 1298)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1881/82 (AH 1299)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1882/83 (AH 1300)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1883/84 (AH 1301)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1884/85 (AH 1302)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1885/86 (AH 1303)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi

      Sivas · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1886/87 (AH 1304)mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidiSivas · 500 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001858/59AH 12751886/87AH 13041858/59 (AH 1275) · nüfus mukayyidi · Artukabad · 37.5 kuruş1860/61 (AH 1277) · kaza müdürü kâtibi · Hafik (Koçhisar) · 250 kuruş1861/62 (AH 1278) · muhacirin komisyonu tahrirat kâtibi · Sivas · 258 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · tahrirat kalemi kâtibi · Sivas · 300 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · mektubi kalemi müsevvidi · Sivas · 300 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · kaymakam vekili · Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) · 460 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · mektubi kalemi müsevvidi · Sivas · 250 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · mektubi kalemi birinci müsevvidi · Sivas · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Father’s occupation
yazıcı [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d.nr.00098,s.477 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
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
Artukabad [source]
First-salary field
37.5 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
1858/59 (AH 1275) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 300, 301, 302

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