Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley
← Biography, maps and personal record

Mehmed Rahmi 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Aşar idaresi mülazımıDrama
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar idaresi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar idaresi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar idaresi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Aşar idaresi mülazımı · 2 career entriesDrama

    1. Aşar idaresi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ağnam tadad katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Ağnam katibiDrama

    1. Ağnam katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  7. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Ağnam katibiDrama

    1. Ağnam katibi

      Drama · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  8. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama · 200; 240 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Drama · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Drama · Calculated age 23 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Drama · Calculated age 24 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · 2 career entriesDrama · 240; 400 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi

      Drama · Calculated age 25 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi

      Drama · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001889/90AH 13071891/92AH 13091889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Drama · age 23 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Drama · age 23 · 240 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Drama · age 24 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi · Drama · age 25 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi · Drama · age 25 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Rençber [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye [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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Drama [source]
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.67 [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 Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 88, 89

Read the source accounts and original values →

Subjects