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Mahmud Cemal 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. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Tuzi (Tuz) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Tuzi (Tuz) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Tuzi (Tuz) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 2 career entriesTuzi (Tuz) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 200 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Tuzi (Tuz) · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesTelgraf ve posta muhabere memuruAvret Hisarı · 250 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

      Avret Hisarı · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01002001905/06AH 13231905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 21 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth province
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Father’s occupation
Telgraf memuru [source]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Vasat derecede rüşdiye şehâdetnâmesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; İşkodra Vilayeti Rüşdiyesi [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
Tuz [source]
First work year
1902/03 (AH 1320) [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 208

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