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Mehmed İsmail 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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Evkaf kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi

    1. Evkaf kalemi mülazımı

      Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi · Calculated age 13

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Evkaf kalemi mülazımıGümülcine Sancağı Evkaf KalemiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Evkaf kalemi mülazımı

      Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi · Calculated age 14

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Evkaf kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesGümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. Evkaf kalemi mülazımı

      Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evkaf kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi · Calculated age 15

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 15

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 3 career entriesGümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · 50 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 16

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 16 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziGümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · 50 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 17 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziGümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · 50; 70 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 50 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 18 · 70 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · 5 career entriesGümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu · Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · 70; 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · Calculated age 19 · 70 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 19

      [1]

    3. Muvakkat tarik katibi

      Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Muvakkat tarik katibi (İnfisal)

      Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu · Calculated age 19

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Muvakkat tarik katibi

      Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Muvakkat tarik katibi · 2 career entriesGümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · 300 kuruş

    1. Muvakkat tarik katibi

      Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesMuvakkat tarik katibiSultanyeri · 250 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

01503001900/01AH 13181904/05AH 13221900/01 (AH 1318) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · age 16 · 50 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · age 17 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · age 18 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · age 18 · 70 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi · age 19 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Muvakkat tarik katibi · Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu · age 19 · 250 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Muvakkat tarik katibi · Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · age 19 · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Muvakkat tarik katibi · Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gümülcine [source]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 101/393 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Gümülcine İbtidai Mektebi [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
13 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gümülcine [source]
First work year
1897/98 (AH 1315) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.75 [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları

    ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 99, 100, 101

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