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Mehmed Halid Efendi②

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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Vergi Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · 270 kuruş
  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi

      · Calculated age 19 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · 3 career entriesSofilu · 250; 270 kuruş
    1. Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi

      · Calculated age 20 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    3. Aşar ikinci kâtibi

      Sofilu · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Infisal · 3 career entriesHavza
    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

    2. Aşar hesaplarının devri ve ihale işlerine yardım (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Havza · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibiKırklareli · 350 kuruş
    1. Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibi

      Kırklareli · Calculated age 24 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibi · 3 career entriesKırklareli · Vize · 350 kuruş
    1. Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibi

      Kırklareli · Calculated age 25 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 25

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    3. Muvakkat ağnam memuru

      Vize · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  8. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Harir-i Mizan Muamele kâtibiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 350 kuruş
  9. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru · 3 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 350; 400 kuruş
    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 28

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  10. 1891/92 (AH 1309)İkinci Kol İstimare memuru · 4 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 350; 400 kuruş
    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  11. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru · 3 career entriesMustafapaşa · Ortaköy · 250; 400 kuruş
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru

      Mustafapaşa · Calculated age 30 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Mustafapaşa · Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi · 2 career entriesOrtaköy · Manderice · 250; 400 kuruş
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Harir Muvakkat Mizan Muamele kâtibi

      Manderice · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi · 5 career entriesOrtaköy · Manderice · 250; 350; 400 kuruş
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Harir Muvakkat Mizan Muamele kâtibi

      Manderice · Calculated age 32 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Harir Muvakkat Mizan Muamele kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Manderice · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      · Calculated age 32 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi

      · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi

      · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi

      · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi

      · Calculated age 35 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · 2 career entriesUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) · 250; 350 kuruş
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi

      · Calculated age 36 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Muvakkat Müskirat İstimare memuru · 4 career entriesUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) · Babayıatik · Ortaköy · 250; 300 kuruş
    1. Muvakkat Müskirat İstimare memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) · Calculated age 41

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Babayıatik · Calculated age 41 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Üçüncü sınıf tapu kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 41 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Harir-i Mizan muvakkat kâtibi · 3 career entriesEdirne · 200 kuruş
    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Harir-i Mizan muvakkat kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Edirne · Calculated age 42

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 42

      [1]

  20. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tapu kâtibiBabayıatik
    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Babayıatik · Calculated age 45

      [1]

  21. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Tapu kâtibi · 3 career entriesBabayıatik · Ortaköy
    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Babayıatik · Calculated age 46

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Babayıatik · Calculated age 46

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tapu kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  22. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tapu kâtibi (Açığa çıkarılma) · 3 career entriesOrtaköy
    1. Tapu kâtibi (Açığa çıkarılma)

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 47

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 47

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Tapu kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Ortaköy · Calculated age 47

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  23. 1911 (AH 1329)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibiEdirne · 400 kuruş
    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi

      Edirne · Calculated age 49 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  24. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi · 2 career entriesEdirne · Sofilu · 400; 500 kuruş
    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi

      Edirne · Calculated age 50 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Sofilu · Calculated age 50 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  25. Undated entriesAşar kâtibi · 4 career entriesHavza · Kırklareli · 350; 400 kuruş
    1. Aşar kâtibi

      Havza · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001880/81AH 12981911/12AH 13301880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · age 18 · 270 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · age 19 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrir-i Seyyar Altıncı Fırka Müfettişliği görevi · age 20 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Aşar ikinci kâtibi · Sofilu · age 20 · 250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibi · Kırklareli · age 24 · 350 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Mevki-i Askeriye Hastahanesi muvakkat kâtibi · Kırklareli · age 25 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Harir-i Mizan Muamele kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 27 · 350 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 28 · 400 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Harir-i Mizan Muamele kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 28 · 350 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · İkinci Kol İstimare memuru · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 29 · 400 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Harir-i Mizan Muamele kâtibi · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 29 · 350 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Birinci Kol İstimare memuru · Mustafapaşa · age 30 · 400 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi · Ortaköy · age 30 · 250 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi · Ortaköy · age 31 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Harir Muvakkat Mizan Muamele kâtibi · Manderice · age 31 · 400 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi · Ortaköy · age 32 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Harir Muvakkat Mizan Muamele kâtibi · Manderice · age 32 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · age 32 · 350 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · age 32 · 250 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · age 35 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Nezareti Hasılat kâtibi · age 36 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru · Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) · age 36 · 350 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Muvakkat Müskirat İstimare memuru · Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) · age 41 · 250 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Tapu kâtibi · Babayıatik · age 41 · 300 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Üçüncü sınıf tapu kâtibi · Ortaköy · age 41 · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Harir-i Mizan muvakkat kâtibi · Edirne · age 42 · 200 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi · Edirne · age 49 · 400 kuruş1911/12 (AH 1330) · Defter-i Hakani Kalemi maiyyet kâtibi · Edirne · age 50 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911/12 (AH 1330) · Tapu kâtibi · Sofilu · age 50 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth province
Edirne [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Father’s occupation
Dimetoka ağnam memuru [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 108- 106 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Dimetoka sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri [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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dimetoka [source]
First work year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.08 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 147, 148, 149, 150

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