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Mehmet Cemal 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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Askerlik hizmeti

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Askerlik hizmetiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Askerlik hizmeti · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik hizmeti

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1893/94 (AH 1311)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1895/96 (AH 1313)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1896/97 (AH 1314)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1897/98 (AH 1315)BaşçavuşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Başçavuş · 3 career entriesKütahya

    1. Başçavuş

      · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başçavuş (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  13. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tapu Kalemi mülazımıKütahyaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi mülazımı

      Kütahya · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tapu Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesKütahya · Kütahya merkez kazası

    1. Tapu Kalemi mülazımı

      Kütahya · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu Kalemi kâtibi

      Kütahya merkez kazası · Calculated age 36

      [1]

  15. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tapu Kalemi kâtibiKütahya merkez kazasıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu Kalemi kâtibi

      Kütahya merkez kazası · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Tapu Kalemi kâtibi · 2 career entriesKütahya merkez kazası · Tavşanlı

    1. Tapu Kalemi kâtibi

      Kütahya merkez kazası · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Tavşanlı · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  17. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tapu kâtibi vekili · 2 career entriesGediz · 200 kuruş

    1. Tapu kâtibi vekili

      Gediz · Calculated age 45 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Gediz · Calculated age 45

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  18. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Tapu kâtibi (Azil)Tavşanlı

    1. Tapu kâtibi (Azil)

      Tavşanlı · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  19. Undated entriesTapu kâtibi vekiliTavşanlı

Recorded pay

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

01002001909/10AH 13271909/10 (AH 1327) · Tapu kâtibi vekili · Gediz · age 45 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:174, s.373 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; 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

Age at first service
34 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kütahya [source]
First work year
1898/99 (AH 1316) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.2 [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 123, 124

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