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Mehmed Emin 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. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Postane devamıSelanik Postanesi · 150 kuruş

    1. Postane devamı

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Postane devamı

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Postane devamı · 2 career entriesSelanik Postanesi · 150 kuruş

    1. Postane devamı

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Postane memuruSelanik Postanesi · 200 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Postane memuru · 2 career entriesSelanik Postanesi · 200 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Açığa çıkarılma

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  5. 1878 (AH 1295)Postane memuruSelanik Postanesi · 150; 350 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 28 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 28 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Postane memuruSelanik Postanesi · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 29 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Postane memuru · 3 career entriesSelanik Postanesi · 350 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 30 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

    3. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 30 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Postane memuruSelanik Postanesi · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 31 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Postane memuruSelanik Postanesi · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 32 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Postane memuru · 3 career entriesSelanik Postanesi · 350; 500 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 33 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. Açığa çıkarılma

      · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesPostane memuru · 2 career entriesSelanik Postanesi · 140 kuruş

    1. Postane memuru

      Selanik Postanesi · 140 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Azil

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001870/71AH 12871882/83AH 13001870/71 (AH 1287) · Postane devamı · Selanik Postanesi · age 20 · 150 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Postane devamı · Selanik Postanesi · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 25 · 200 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 28 · 150 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 28 · 350 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 29 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 30 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 30 · 350 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 31 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 32 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 33 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Postane memuru · Selanik Postanesi · age 33 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mitroviça [source]Mitroviçe [1]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ziraatçı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 21-455 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Sıbyan mektebinde ilk dinî bilgiler. [source]
Education
Sıbyan 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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Selanik [source]
First work year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 189, 190

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