Hafız Mehmed Hamdi Efendi
Born 1831/32 (AH 1247) · Bursa · Dated entries 1850 to 1897 (AH 1267 to 1314)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference 21/118; 235
The career, year by year
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The life
Hafız Mehmed Hamdi Efendi was born in Bursa in 1831/32 (AH 1247), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Halvetiyye tarikatı şeyhi. Schooling included Mekâtib-i âdiye; medrese. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Bursa in 1850/51 (AH 1267). Dated career entries span 1850/51 (AH 1267) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 29 AH years, beginning with Bursa evkaf kalemi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Bursa, Hüdâvendigâr, Kibris and Bitola (Manastır) and 1 other named places. [1]
Death is recorded in 1896/97 (AH 1314). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 9 · Bursa
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1831/32 (AH 1247)
Bursa
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 20
Bursa evkaf kalemi
Calculated age 20
3 1859/60 (AH 1276) · 4 recorded years
Hüdâvendigâr
AH entries: 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hüdâvendigâr
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti emlak komisyon kalemi
350 kuruşCalculated age 29
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti emlak komisyon kalemi
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 32
4 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 3 recorded years
Kibris
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
emlak komisyonu baş kitâbeti
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
Kıbrıs tahrir mümeyyizliği
1,700 kuruşCalculated age 36
5 1867/68 (AH 1284)
Bitola (Manastır)
Manastır tahrir mümeyyizliği
2,500 kuruşCalculated age 37
6 1868/69 (AH 1285) · 4 recorded years
Haleb
AH entries: 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Haleb
Haleb vilâyeti tahrir emlak mümeyyizliği
3,500 kuruşCalculated age 38
Haleb vilâyeti tahrir emlak mümeyyizliği
3,335 kuruşCalculated age 41
7 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Dersâadet birinci daire-yi tahrir me'muriyeti
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 43
on birinci daire-yi tahsiliye baş kitâbeti
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 43
8 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 15 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
on birinci daire-yi tahsiliye baş kitâbeti
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 50
daire-i mezkûre mal baş kitâbeti
900 kuruşCalculated age 64
9 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Vefat
Calculated age 67
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Haleb3,335 to 3,500
- Hüdâvendigâr350 to 1,000
- Kibris1,700 to 2,000
- Bitola (Manastır)2,500
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
Schooling Mekâtib-i âdiye; medrese [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 138,139
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