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Mehmed Cemaleddin 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. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)
  2. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Üsküp Postanesi stajyeriSkopje (Üsküp)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri · 2 career entriesSkopje (Üsküp) · Prizrin · 285 kuruş

    1. Üsküp Postanesi stajyeri

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

      Prizrin · Calculated age 21 · 285 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru · 2 career entriesPrizrin · Skopje (Üsküp) · 285; 300 kuruş

    1. Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

      Prizrin · Calculated age 22 · 285 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSkopje (Üsküp) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · 2 career entriesSkopje (Üsküp) · Sjenica (Seniçe) · 300; 500 kuruş

    1. Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere MemuruSjenica (Seniçe) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

      Sjenica (Seniçe) · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · 2 career entriesSjenica (Seniçe) · Preševo (Preşova) · 500 kuruş

    1. Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru

      Sjenica (Seniçe) · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüPreševo (Preşova) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü · 2 career entriesPreševo (Preşova) · 500 kuruş

    1. Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001896/97AH 13141903/04AH 13211896/97 (AH 1314) · Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru · Prizrin · age 21 · 285 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Prizrin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru · Prizrin · age 22 · 285 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 22 · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Üsküp Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Sjenica (Seniçe) · age 24 · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Sjenica (Seniçe) · age 25 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Seniçe Telgraf ve Posta Muhabere Memuru · Sjenica (Seniçe) · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü · Preševo (Preşova) · age 26 · 500 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü · Preševo (Preşova) · age 27 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Preşova Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü · Preševo (Preşova) · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Kosova Vilayeti Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü Tahrirat Kâtibi · age 28 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth province
Kosova [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 85-225 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Üsküp Sancağı Rüştiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Üsküp [source]
First work year
1893/94 (AH 1311) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [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 Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 188, 189

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