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Memduh Kemal Bey

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. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries · 100 kuruş

    1. Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 22 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0501001894/95AH 13121894/95 (AH 1312) · Maaş kaydı · age 22 · 100 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hariciye Mektubî Kalemi halifesi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 43/355 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Edebiyat, ulûm ve fünûn şehadetnameleri [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Varna İbtidai ve Rüşdiye mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [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 year
1892/93 (AH 1310) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.9166666667 [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 Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 169

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