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Mehmed 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. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Tahrirat odası mülazımıMamuratülaziz

    1. Tahrirat odası mülazımı

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 20

      [1]

  2. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiriIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 250 kuruş

    1. Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiri

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Islahhane kâtibiAdana · 350 kuruş

    1. Islahhane kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 28 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Vilayet divanı mukayyidiAdana · 200 kuruş

    1. Vilayet divanı mukayyidi

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Vilayet divanı mukayyidiAdana · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet divanı mukayyidi

      Adana · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1874/75 (AH 1291)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruş

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 32 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  7. 1875/76 (AH 1292)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 33 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1876/77 (AH 1293)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 34 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1877/78 (AH 1294)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 35 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1878 (AH 1295)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 36 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1878/79 (AH 1296)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 37 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1879/80 (AH 1297)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 38 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1880/81 (AH 1298)İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · 2 career entriesAdana · 360; 600 kuruş

    1. İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 39 · 360 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet icra memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 39 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Vilayet icra memuru · 2 career entriesAdana · 600 kuruş

    1. Vilayet icra memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 40 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 40 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesAdana · Kozan · 600; 1,400 kuruş

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 41 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

      Kozan · Calculated age 41 · 1,400 kuruş

      [1]

  16. Undated entriesDuhan gümrüğü mübaşiri (İstifa) · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Adana

    2. Islahhane kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Adana

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07001,4001868/69AH 12851882/83AH 13001868/69 (AH 1285) · Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiri · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 250 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Islahhane kâtibi · Adana · age 28 · 350 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Vilayet divanı mukayyidi · Adana · age 30 · 200 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Vilayet divanı mukayyidi · Adana · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 32 · 360 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 33 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 34 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 35 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 36 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 37 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 38 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Adana · age 39 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vilayet icra memuru · Adana · age 39 · 600 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Vilayet icra memuru · Adana · age 40 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi · Adana · age 40 · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi · Adana · age 41 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi · Kozan · age 41 · 1,400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth year
1843/44 (AH 1259) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 1-144 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Arapça sarf ve nahiv, bir miktar fıkıh ve hat eğitimi [source]
Education
Harput İshak Paşa Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mamuratülaziz [source]
First work year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]
Apprenticeship
4 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 202, 203, 204

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