Mahmud 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.

1867/68 (AH 1284)Posta müdürüÇankırı
1. Posta müdürü
  Çankırı
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1870/71 (AH 1287)Telgrafhane müdürüBaf
1. Telgrafhane müdürü
  Baf
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1884/85 (AH 1302)Suriye telgraf müfettişiSuriye · 2,000 kuruş
1. Suriye telgraf müfettişi
  Suriye · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüIoannina (Yanya) · Damascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruş
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Ioannina (Yanya) · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,000; 2,500 kuruş
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,500; 2,850 kuruş
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürüDamascus (Şam) · 2,850; 3,000 kuruş
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 2,850 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
2. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü
  Damascus (Şam) · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü (becayiş)Beirut (Beyrut)
1. Telgraf ve Posta başmüdürü (becayiş)
  Beirut (Beyrut)
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
Undated entriesTelgrafhane Muhabere Odası mülazımı · 7 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Pristina (Priştine) · Serres (Siroz) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Arta (Narda) · Ioannina (Yanya) · Damascus (Şam) · 500; 576; 960; 1,200 kuruş
1. Telgrafhane Muhabere Odası mülazımı
  Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  Pristina (Priştine) · 500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
3. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  Serres (Siroz) · 500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
4. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru
  Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 576 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
5. Telgrafhane müdürü
  Arta (Narda) · 960 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
6. Telgrafhane müdürü
  Ioannina (Yanya) · 1,200 kuruş
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]
7. Telgraf ve Posta müdürü
  Damascus (Şam)
  Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service
  [1]

Recorded pay

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Kemaliye^[source]Eğin^[1]
Religion: İslam^[source]
Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/127^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Tekellüm^[source]
Persian: tahsil (yeterlilik belirtilmemiş)^[source]
Education: Mekteb-i ibtidaiyye; medrese; telgraf mektebi^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place: İstanbul^[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.

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854)

ÖMER FERİT İMLAK. 2012. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Eğinli (Kemaliyeli) Devlet adamları (1820?1854) · PDF pages 62, 63

Honour or rank

8 11 1866 CE · Rütbe-i Rabia

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Honour or rank

7 3 1882 CE · Rütbe-i Sani

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Judicial account

sahte pul tahkikatı; mahkeme, tedbiren görevden uzaklaştırma

The investigation and court proceedings are undated; they arose during his Şam directorate.

PDF page 62

Judicial account

6 2 1889 CE · Meclis-i İdare tahkikat kararı

The council found him involved in the affair; the outcome is otherwise unclear.

PDF page 62

Honour or rank

1 10 1893 CE · Rütbe-i Evvel

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Honour or rank

28 11 1899 CE · Üçüncü rütbe Osmanî nişanı

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Read cited source passages · 15

Birth · Family · Religion as recorded · PDF page 62

Ulemâdan Mehmed Seyyid Efendi’nin oğludur. 1843 ’te Eğin’de doğmuştur.

Religion as recorded · Education · PDF page 62

Mekteb-i ibtidâîyyede mukaddimât -ı ulûm -ı diniye tahsil etmiş; medresede sarf,

Languages · Education · PDF page 62

nahv, Farsça ve telgraf mektebinde telgraf fenni eğitimi almıştır. Arapça konuşur.

Honour or rank · PDF page 62

alınmıştır. 8 Kasım 1866 ’da Rütbe-i Rabia ve 7 Mart 1882 tarihi nde Rütbe -i Sani

Honour or rank · Judicial account · PDF page 62

muhabere sınıfına tevcih buyrulmuştur. Şam -ı Şerif Telgraf ve Posta Müdüriyeti