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Mehmed Saim 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. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusuÇeltikçi · 250 kuruş

    1. Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu

      Çeltikçi · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu · 2 career entriesÇeltikçi · 250 kuruş

    1. Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu

      Çeltikçi · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu (İstifa)

      Çeltikçi · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Süvari TahsildarıBurdur · 300 kuruş

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Burdur · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Süvari TahsildarıBurdur · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Burdur · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Süvari TahsildarıBurdur · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Burdur · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Süvari TahsildarıBurdur · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Burdur · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Süvari Tahsildarı · 2 career entriesBurdur · 300 kuruş

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Burdur · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Süvari TahsildarıTefenni · 350 kuruş

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Tefenni · Calculated age 38 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Süvari Tahsildarı · 3 career entriesTefenni · 350 kuruş

    1. Süvari Tahsildarı

      Tefenni · Calculated age 39 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Süvari tahsildarı (İnfisal)

      Tefenni · Calculated age 39

      [1]

    3. İkinci Daire tahsildarı

      Tefenni · Calculated age 39 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1906/07 (AH 1324)İkinci Daire tahsildarıTefenni · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İkinci Daire tahsildarı

      Tefenni · Calculated age 40 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1907/08 (AH 1325)İkinci Daire tahsildarı · 2 career entriesTefenni · Burdur · 350 kuruş

    1. İkinci Daire tahsildarı

      Tefenni · Calculated age 41 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahsildar

      Burdur · Calculated age 41

      [1]

  12. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Müfredat kâtibiBurdur · 200 kuruş

    1. Müfredat kâtibi

      Burdur · Calculated age 42 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  13. Undated entriesTahsildar (İstifa) · 2 career entriesBurdur · 200 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

01753501892/93AH 13101908/09AH 13261892/93 (AH 1310) · Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu · Çeltikçi · age 26 · 250 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Çiftlikat-ı Süvari kolcusu · Çeltikçi · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Burdur · age 32 · 300 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Burdur · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Burdur · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Burdur · age 35 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Burdur · age 36 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Tefenni · age 38 · 350 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Süvari Tahsildarı · Tefenni · age 39 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · İkinci Daire tahsildarı · Tefenni · age 39 · 350 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · İkinci Daire tahsildarı · Tefenni · age 40 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · İkinci Daire tahsildarı · Tefenni · age 41 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Müfredat kâtibi · Burdur · age 42 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Burdur [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kolağası [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 165, s. 463 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
İstanbul Sıbyan Mektebi; Burdur Rüşdiye Mektebi [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
26 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Çeltikçi [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1892/93 (AH 1310) [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. Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminde Sicill-i Ahval kayıtlarına göre Burdurlu kamu görevlileri ve faaliyetleri (1879-1909)

    ELİF YASEMİN YILMAZ · 2021 · Pages 176, 177

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