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Mehmed Nihad 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. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entries · 100 kuruş
    1. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 26 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesTrieste · 150; 1,000 kuruş
    1. Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 27 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Trieste Şehbenderhanesi kançılaryası

      Trieste · Calculated age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131894/95 (AH 1312) · Maaş kaydı · age 26 · 100 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı · age 27 · 150 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Trieste Şehbenderhanesi kançılaryası · Trieste · age 27 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Koniçe [source]
Birth province
Yanya [source]
Birth year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Vasat dereceli edebiyat ve ulum şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Koniçe İslam ve Rum mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1893/94 (AH 1311) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.67 [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 218, 219

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