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Mahmud Hamdi 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. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Tapu kâtibiDomana
  2. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Telgrafhane görevlisiMostar
  3. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruNiš (Niş)
  4. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Telgrafhane müdürüGradiška (Gradişka)
  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Kadranhane başmemuruNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)
  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Telgrafhane müdürüSalihli
  7. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Telgrafhane müdürüManisa
  8. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Merkez Telgraf ve Posta müdürüBalıkesir
  9. Undated entriesTahrirat Kalemi görevlisiPrizren

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Father’s occupation
Kâtip [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD. d. 34/293 [1]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Prizren [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Kayıtlarına göre Üsküp doğumlu memurlar

    HALENUR DİLOĞLU · 2021 · Pages 157

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