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Mehmed Memduh Bey

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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Ioannina (Yanya) · Erzurum · 960; 1,390 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Evrak Odası mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Vilayet tercümanı

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 23 · 960 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Vilayet tercümanı (Nakil)

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Vilayet tercümanı

      Erzurum · Calculated age 23 · 1,390 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Vilayet tercümanıErzurum · 1,390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Erzurum · Calculated age 24 · 1,390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Vilayet tercümanıErzurum · 1,390 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Erzurum · Calculated age 25 · 1,390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Vilayet tercümanı · 3 career entriesErzurum · Trikala (Tırhala) · 1,000; 1,390 kuruş
    1. Vilayet tercümanı

      Erzurum · Calculated age 26 · 1,390 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

    3. Şehbenderhane kançıları

      Trikala (Tırhala) · Calculated age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Şehbenderhane kançılarıTrikala (Tırhala) · 900; 1,000 kuruş
    1. Şehbenderhane kançıları

      Trikala (Tırhala) · Calculated age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbenderhane kançıları

      Trikala (Tırhala) · Calculated age 27 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Şehbenderhane kançıları · 2 career entriesTrikala (Tırhala) · Kirmanşah · 900 kuruş
    1. Şehbenderhane kançıları

      Trikala (Tırhala) · Calculated age 28 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbender vekili

      Kirmanşah · Calculated age 28 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

06951,3901892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151892/93 (AH 1310) · Vilayet tercümanı · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 23 · 960 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Vilayet tercümanı · Erzurum · age 23 · 1,390 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Vilayet tercümanı · Erzurum · age 24 · 1,390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Vilayet tercümanı · Erzurum · age 25 · 1,390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Vilayet tercümanı · Erzurum · age 26 · 1,390 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Şehbenderhane kançıları · Trikala (Tırhala) · age 26 · 1,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Şehbenderhane kançıları · Trikala (Tırhala) · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Şehbenderhane kançıları · Trikala (Tırhala) · age 27 · 900 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Şehbenderhane kançıları · Trikala (Tırhala) · age 28 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Şehbender vekili · Kirmanşah · age 28 · 900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Cemile Sultan'ın kethüdası [source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 17, Gömlek No. 20, 3-4 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye ve Mekteb-i Sultanî şahadetnameleri [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Rüşdiye ve Sultani şehadetnameleri [source]
Education
Sıbyan; rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [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
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [source]
Apprenticeship
4.83 [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 225, 226

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