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Mehmet Hilmi 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. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi mülazımıKütahya
  2. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Meclis-i Deavi Kalemi mülazımıEskişehir
  3. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Meclis-i Deavi Kalemi mülazımıEskişehirContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Deavi Kalemi mülazımı

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Meclis-i Deavi Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesEskişehir · 250 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Deavi Kalemi mülazımı

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Belediye Dairesi kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Belediye Dairesi kâtibiEskişehir · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Belediye Dairesi kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Belediye Dairesi kâtibi · 4 career entriesEskişehir · Gediz · 250; 600 kuruş

    1. Belediye Dairesi kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Aşar başkâtibi

      Gediz · Calculated age 22 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Aşar başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Gediz · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  7. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Aşar başkâtibiUşak · 750 kuruş

    1. Aşar başkâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 23 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1878 (AH 1295)Aşar başkâtibi · 5 career entriesUşak · 235; 600; 750 kuruş

    1. Aşar başkâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 24 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Uşak · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    3. Taadad-ı Ağnam kâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 24 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Taadad-ı Ağnam kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Uşak · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    5. Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 24 · 235 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi · 2 career entriesUşak · 235; 400 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 25 · 235 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiUşak · Eskişehir · 400 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      Uşak · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiEskişehir · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesEskişehir · 400 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  13. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet Mahkemesi mukavelat muharririUşak · 400 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi mukavelat muharriri

      Uşak · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesHizmet ve adli durum beyanı

Recorded pay

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

03757501874/75AH 12911882/83AH 13001874/75 (AH 1291) · Belediye Dairesi kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 20 · 250 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Belediye Dairesi kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 21 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Belediye Dairesi kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Aşar başkâtibi · Gediz · age 22 · 600 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Aşar başkâtibi · Uşak · age 23 · 750 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Aşar başkâtibi · Uşak · age 24 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Taadad-ı Ağnam kâtibi · Uşak · age 24 · 600 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi · Uşak · age 24 · 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Meclis-i Deavi kâtibi · Uşak · age 25 · 235 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · Uşak · age 25 · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · Uşak · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 26 · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi · Eskişehir · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet Mahkemesi mukavelat muharriri · Uşak · age 29 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:12, s.209 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Sarf ve Nahv-i Arabi [source]
Education
Kütahya Kazası Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kütahya [source]
First work year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [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 Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 133, 134

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