SELİM MELHAME EFENDİ
Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.72/67
Biographical account
Born in Beyrut, 1845 (AH 1261). The father’s recorded occupation was dava vekili. Education included Beyrut ilk öğrenimi. First work is recorded in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Career entries include Şûrâ-yı Devlet Evrak Odası memuru; Vilayet tercümanı. The surviving career entries cover 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1892/93 (AH 1310).
Career across the sources
10 career entries across 9 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.
Places in this career
Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.
Not drawn. No position recorded: Bulgaristan.
Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.
| Year | Age | Post | Place | Salary (kuruş) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Şûrâ-yı Devlet Evrak Odası memuru | |||
| 27 | Vilayet tercümanı | Suriye | ||
| 28 | Tâhrîrât-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru | |||
| 34 | Rumeli Şarki Komisyonu Fransızca kâtibi | |||
| 34 | Komiserlik maiyet memuru | Bulgaristan | ||
| 36 | Rüsumat İdaresi müşaviri |
AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.
Sources and career entries
10 career entries in 1 source account.
| Recorded date | Title and category | Place | Recorded pay | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Şûrâ-yı Devlet Evrak Odası memuru | [1] | |||
| Vilayet tercümanı | Suriye | [1] | ||
| Tâhrîrât-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi memuru | [1] | |||
| Rumeli Şarki Komisyonu Fransızca kâtibi | [1] | |||
| Komiserlik maiyet memuru | Bulgaristan | [1] | ||
| Rüsumat İdaresi müşaviri | [1] | |||
| Düyun-ı Umumiye müşaviri | [1] | |||
| Düyun-ı Umumiye Varidat-ı Mahsusa müdür muavini | [1] | |||
| Düyun-ı Umumiye müdür-i umumisi | [1] | |||
| Orman ve Maadin ve Ziraat nazırı | [1] |
Sources and references
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 221, 222
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.72/67
About dates, entries and source conventions
Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.
- Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)
Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..
Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..
Personal details
- Birthplace
- Beyrut
- Birth year as recorded
- 1845 (AH 1261)
- Father’s occupation
- dava vekili
- Age at first service
- 24
- First work year as recorded
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Religion
- Katolik
Education and languages
- Arabic
- konuşur ve yazar
- French
- konuşur ve yazar
- Italian
- konuşur ve yazar
- Turkish
- konuşur ve yazar
- School or education as recorded
- Beyrut ilk öğrenimi
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)