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Mehmed 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı6. Daire-i Belediye

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı6. Daire-i BelediyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı6. Daire-i BelediyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entries6. Daire-i Belediye · 200 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  7. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 500 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 40 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 42 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 500; 550 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 43 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 43 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  11. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 550 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 44 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 550 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 45 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 550 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 46 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi6. Daire-i Belediye · 550; 580 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 47 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 47 · 580 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  15. 1912/13 (AH 1331)Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi (Azil)6. Daire-i Belediye

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi (Azil)

      6. Daire-i Belediye · Calculated age 54

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  16. Undated entriesMuhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 4 career entries6. Daire-i Belediye · 140; 250; 375; 750 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · 140 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi

      6. Daire-i Belediye · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Mazuliyet

      · 375 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02905801880/81AH 12981906/07AH 13241880/81 (AH 1298) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 21 · 200 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 40 · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 41 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 42 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 43 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 43 · 550 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 44 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 45 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 46 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 47 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · 6. Daire-i Belediye · age 47 · 580 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bigadiç kazası sertahsildarı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00046/00187 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüştiye [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
6. Daire-i Belediye [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları

    AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 67, 68

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