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Ahmed Muhterem Efendi

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Archive reference: BOA. DH. SAİDd., 174/399; 154 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 174/399.

Biographical account

Born in Gümülcine, 1885/86 (AH 1303). The father’s recorded occupation was Jandarma eri. Education included Gümülcine İbtidâî Mektebi; Gümülcine Mekteb-i İdâdîsi rüşdiye ve idâdî kısımları. First work is recorded at İskeçe in 1903/04 (AH 1321). Career entries include Belediye kâtip muavini; Tahrîrât kâtibi. The surviving career entries cover 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 1910/11 (AH 1328).

Career across the sources

14 career entries across 8 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

GümülcinePrizrenİskeçe

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
18Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)200
18Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250
Source-bounded service19Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250
Source-bounded service20Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250
Source-bounded service21Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250
21Tahrîrât kâtibiXanthi (İskeçe)400

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

14 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)200[1]
Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250[1]
Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250[1]
Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250[1]
Belediye kâtip muaviniXanthi (İskeçe)250[1]
Tahrîrât kâtibiXanthi (İskeçe)400[1]
Tahrîrât kâtibiXanthi (İskeçe)400[1]
Tahrîrât kâtibiXanthi (İskeçe)400[1]
Tahrîrât kâtibiXanthi (İskeçe)400[1]
Sancak idare meclisi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)600[1]
Tahrîrât müdürüPrizren1,250[1]
İnfisal[1]
Tahrîrât müdürüPrizren1,250[1]
İnfisal[1]

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları (ŞEHADET ORAN, 2025). Pages 48, 49, 50

    Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİDd., 174/399; 154 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 174/399.

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

Personal details

Birthplace
Gümülcine
Birth year as recorded
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Father’s occupation
Jandarma eri
Age at first service
18
First work place as recorded
İskeçe
First salary as recorded (kuruş)
200
First work year as recorded
1903/04 (AH 1321)

Education and languages

French
Aşina
Turkish
Kitâbet
Qualification
1
School or education as recorded
Gümülcine İbtidâî Mektebi; Gümülcine Mekteb-i İdâdîsi rüşdiye ve idâdî kısımları

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