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Mehmed 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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük eminiPlave · 130 kuruş

    1. Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük emini

      Plave · Calculated age 15 · 130 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidayet Mahkemesi savcı yardımcısı · 2 career entriesBerane · 300 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi savcı yardımcısı

      Berane · Calculated age 18 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 18

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Sandık eminiBerane · 270 kuruş

    1. Sandık emini

      Berane · Calculated age 21 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Sandık eminiBerane · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sandık emini

      Berane · Calculated age 22 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Sandık emini · 3 career entriesBerane · Peja (İpek) · 270; 450 kuruş

    1. Sandık emini

      Berane · Calculated age 23 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sandık emini

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 23 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 23 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Mal MüdürüBerane · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 24 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mal MüdürüBerane · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 25 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Mal MüdürüBerane · 450; 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 30 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 32 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mal MüdürüBerane · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Mal Müdürü · 2 career entriesBerane · Peja (İpek) · 500 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Berane · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisiPeja (İpek) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 35 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisiPeja (İpek) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 36 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisiPeja (İpek) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisiPeja (İpek) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 38 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisiPeja (İpek) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 39 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · 2 career entriesPeja (İpek) · Berane · 500 kuruş

    1. Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi

      Peja (İpek) · Calculated age 40 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. Undated entriesHububat öşrü müzayede ve ihale memuru · 3 career entriesGjakova (Yakova) · Berane

    3. Aşar ihale memuru

      Berane

      [1] · 2 linked entries

Recorded pay

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

02505001877/78AH 12941901/02AH 13191877/78 (AH 1294) · Kordon bergis taburu bergis bölüğü bölük emini · Plave · age 15 · 130 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidayet Mahkemesi savcı yardımcısı · Berane · age 18 · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Sandık emini · Berane · age 21 · 270 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Sandık emini · Berane · age 22 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Sandık emini · Berane · age 23 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Sandık emini · Peja (İpek) · age 23 · 450 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 23 · 450 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 24 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 25 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 26 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 26 · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 27 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 33 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Mal Müdürü · Berane · age 34 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 34 · 500 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 35 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 36 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 37 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 38 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 39 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Cari İşler Dairesi görevlisi · Peja (İpek) · age 40 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Plave/Gosine [source]
Birth province
Kosova [source]
Birth year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. 39/124 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
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
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Plave [source]
First-salary field
130 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]

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 Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)

    DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 112, 113

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