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Mehmed Selim 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. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Mahkeme-i Şeriyye vekayi kâtibiMecca (Mekke)
  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Mahkeme-i Şeriyye vekayi kâtibi (İstifa)Mecca (Mekke)
  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kaza nâibiZabid (Zebid) · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 64 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Kaza nâibiZabid (Zebid) · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 65 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Kaza nâibi · 2 career entriesZabid (Zebid) · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 66 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaza nâibi (İnfisal)

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 66

      [1]

  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Kaza nâibiHaraz · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Haraz · Calculated age 67 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Kaza nâibiHaraz · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Haraz · Calculated age 68 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kaza nâibiHaraz · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Haraz · Calculated age 69 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Kaza nâibi · 2 career entriesHaraz · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Haraz · Calculated age 70 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaza nâibi (İnfisal)

      Haraz · Calculated age 70

      [1]

  10. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kaza nâibiZabid (Zebid) · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 72 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kaza nâibiZabid (Zebid) · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 73 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Kaza nâibiZabid (Zebid) · 1,350; 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 74 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaza nâibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 74 · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Kaza nâibi (İnfisal)Zabid (Zebid)
    1. Kaza nâibi (İnfisal)

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 75

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001886/87AH 13041896/97AH 13141886/87 (AH 1304) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 64 · 1,500 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 65 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 66 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Kaza nâibi · Haraz · age 67 · 1,500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kaza nâibi · Haraz · age 68 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kaza nâibi · Haraz · age 69 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kaza nâibi · Haraz · age 70 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 72 · 1,500 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 73 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 74 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kaza nâibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 74 · 1,350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1824/25 (AH 1240) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 55/621, s.621 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm [source]
Education detail
Dinî ilimlerin başlangıç kitapları ve diğer ilmî kitaplar; kıraat ve tedris [source]
Education
Mekke-i Mükerreme medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mekke [source]
First work year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 230, 231, 232

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