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Mehmed Münci 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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 300 kuruş
    1. Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · 2 career entries · 300 kuruş
    1. Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru · 250; 550 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 25 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    2. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 25 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru · 3 career entriesAtina ve Pire · Eğriboz · 550; 1,000; 2,000 kuruş
    1. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 26 · 550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Atina ve Pire kançılarlığı

      Atina ve Pire · Calculated age 26 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Eğriboz şehbenderi

      Eğriboz · Calculated age 26 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Eğriboz şehbenderiEğriboz · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Eğriboz şehbenderi

      Eğriboz · Calculated age 27 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Eğriboz şehbenderi · 2 career entriesEğriboz · 2,000 kuruş
    1. Eğriboz şehbenderi

      Eğriboz · Calculated age 28 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)New York şehbenderiNew York · 2,700 kuruş
    1. New York şehbenderi

      New York · Calculated age 29 · 2,700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  9. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Lahey başşehbenderiLahey · 1,800 kuruş
    1. Lahey başşehbenderi

      Lahey · Calculated age 32 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Rotterdam başşehbenderiRotterdam · 1,800 kuruş
    1. Rotterdam başşehbenderi

      Rotterdam · Calculated age 33 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesHariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru

Recorded pay

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

01,3502,7001890/91AH 13081901/02AH 13191890/91 (AH 1308) · Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 300 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Maliye Nezareti Mektupçu Kalemi memuru · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru · age 25 · 250 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru · age 25 · 550 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi memuru · age 26 · 550 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Atina ve Pire kançılarlığı · Atina ve Pire · age 26 · 1,000 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Eğriboz şehbenderi · Eğriboz · age 26 · 2,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Eğriboz şehbenderi · Eğriboz · age 27 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Eğriboz şehbenderi · Eğriboz · age 28 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · New York şehbenderi · New York · age 29 · 2,700 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Lahey başşehbenderi · Lahey · age 32 · 1,800 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Rotterdam başşehbenderi · Rotterdam · age 33 · 1,800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hakkâri valisi [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
kitabet ve tekellüm [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
kitabet ve tekellüm [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Bitlis rüşdiye şahadetnamesi: ale'l-âlâ; Mülkiye mülazemet ruûsu ve ulum-ı siyasiye şahadetnamesi: vasat [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan; Tedrise-i Hayriyye; Dersim ve Bitlis rüşdiyeleri; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
300 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
1890/91 (AH 1308) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 204, 205, 206

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