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Mehmed Said 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. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımıBeirut (Beyrut)

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Bekâya kâtibi · 3 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · 8; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Bekâya kâtibi

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 24 · 8 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Bekâya kâtibi (Nakil)

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi

      · Calculated age 24 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi

      · Calculated age 25 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi · 3 career entriesHama · 1,000; 1,250 kuruş

    1. Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi

      · Calculated age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat müdürü

      Hama · Calculated age 26 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tahrirat müdürü · 2 career entriesHama · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat müdürü

      Hama · Calculated age 27 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat müdürü (İnfisal)

      Hama · Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Defter-i Hakanî memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 950 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakanî memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 28 · 950 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Defter-i Hakanî memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 950 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakanî memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 29 · 950 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Defter-i Hakanî memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 950 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakanî memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 30 · 950 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Defter-i Hakanî memuruBeirut (Beyrut) · 950 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakanî memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 31 · 950 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Defter-i Hakanî memuru · 5 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · Hama · 950; 4,000 kuruş

    1. Defter-i Hakanî memuru

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 32 · 950 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Defter-i Hakanî memuru (Nakil)

      Beirut (Beyrut) · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tahkikat memuru

      · Calculated age 32

      [1]

    4. Aşar Müdürü

      Hama · Calculated age 32 · 4,000 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Aşar müdürü (İnfisal)

      Hama · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  11. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Kaymakam · 4 career entriesMersin · Islahiye · 3,000; 3,150 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Mersin · Calculated age 34 · 3,150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam (Nakil)

      Mersin · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam

      Islahiye · Calculated age 34 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    4. Infisal

      · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  12. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Kaymakam · 3 career entriesBikâü’l-Aziz · 2,500; 2,700 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Bikâü’l-Aziz · Calculated age 35 · 2,700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Bikâü’l-Aziz · Calculated age 35 · 2,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  13. 1881/82 (AH 1299)KaymakamSafed · Tebriz · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Safed · Calculated age 37 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Tebriz · Calculated age 37 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  14. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesTebriz · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Tebriz · Calculated age 38 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  15. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kaymakam vekiliAsar · 875 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Asar · Calculated age 42 · 875 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  16. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Kaymakam vekiliAsar · 875 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Asar · Calculated age 43 · 875 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Kaymakam vekili · 2 career entriesAsar · 875 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Asar · Calculated age 44 · 875 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 44

      [1]

  18. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Palamut aşarı İzmir Anbar müdürü · 2 career entriesIzmir (İzmir) · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Palamut aşarı İzmir Anbar müdürü

      Izmir (İzmir) · Calculated age 45 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 45

      [1]

  19. 1890/91 (AH 1308)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 46 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  20. 1891/92 (AH 1309)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 47 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1892/93 (AH 1310)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 48 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1893/94 (AH 1311)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 49 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1894/95 (AH 1312)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 50 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. 1895/96 (AH 1313)KaymakamNazareth (Nasıra) · Safed · Tyre (Sur) · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Nazareth (Nasıra) · Calculated age 51 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Safed · Calculated age 51 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam

      Tyre (Sur) · Calculated age 51 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  25. 1896/97 (AH 1314)KaymakamTyre (Sur) · 1,575; 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Tyre (Sur) · Calculated age 52 · 1,750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Tyre (Sur) · Calculated age 52 · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  26. 1897/98 (AH 1315)KaymakamTyre (Sur) · Zıniyye · 1,575 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Tyre (Sur) · Calculated age 53 · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Zıniyye · Calculated age 53 · 1,575 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  27. Undated entriesTahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı · 7 career entriesBeirut (Beyrut) · Sidon (Sayda) · Jaffa (Yafa) · Ba‘lbek ve Humus · Humus · 1,500 kuruş

    3. Kaymakam vekili

      Sidon (Sayda) · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    6. Tahkikat memuru

      Ba‘lbek ve Humus

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02,0004,0001869/70AH 12861897/98AH 13151869/70 (AH 1286) · Bekâya kâtibi · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 24 · 8 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi · age 24 · 1,000 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi · age 25 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Suriye Teftiş-i Emvâl Başkâtibi · age 26 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Tahrirat müdürü · Hama · age 26 · 1,250 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Tahrirat müdürü · Hama · age 27 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Defter-i Hakanî memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 28 · 950 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Defter-i Hakanî memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 29 · 950 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Defter-i Hakanî memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 30 · 950 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Defter-i Hakanî memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 31 · 950 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Defter-i Hakanî memuru · Beirut (Beyrut) · age 32 · 950 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Aşar Müdürü · Hama · age 32 · 4,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kaymakam · Mersin · age 34 · 3,150 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kaymakam · Islahiye · age 34 · 3,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kaymakam · Bikâü’l-Aziz · age 35 · 2,700 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kaymakam · Bikâü’l-Aziz · age 35 · 2,500 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Kaymakam · Safed · age 37 · 1,750 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Kaymakam · Tebriz · age 37 · 1,750 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kaymakam · Tebriz · age 38 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Kaymakam vekili · Asar · age 42 · 875 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaymakam vekili · Asar · age 43 · 875 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaymakam vekili · Asar · age 44 · 875 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Palamut aşarı İzmir Anbar müdürü · Izmir (İzmir) · age 45 · 2,000 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 46 · 1,750 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 47 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 48 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 49 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 50 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Nazareth (Nasıra) · age 51 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Safed · age 51 · 1,750 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaymakam · Tyre (Sur) · age 51 · 1,750 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Tyre (Sur) · age 52 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaymakam · Tyre (Sur) · age 52 · 1,575 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kaymakam · Tyre (Sur) · age 53 · 1,575 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kaymakam · Zıniyye · age 53 · 1,575 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sayda [source]
Birth year
1845/46 (AH 1262) [source]
Father’s occupation
Miralay [source]
Archive references
BOA), Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri [DH.SAİDd], No.1, Gömlek No.272 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]İkinci sınıf kaymakamlık intihabnamesi, no.249 [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Ulûm-ı ibtidâî [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
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Beyrut [source]
First work year
1866/67 (AH 1283) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Çerkes devlet memurları

    FATİH ALTUN · 2023 · Pages 91, 92, 93, 94

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