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Mehmed Hikmet Paşa

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. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Vilayet Mektubî Kalemi çırağıDamascus (Şam)
  2. Undated entriesMaârif Meclisi âzâsı · 6 career entriesDamascus (Şam)

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Şam [source]
Birth province
Suriye [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]

Education and languages

Education
Şam Mekâtib-i İbtidâiyesi [source]
Qualification
hafız; fenn-i kitâbet [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

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
Şam [source]
First work year
1869/70 (AH 1286) [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. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 109, 110

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