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Mehmed Hamdi 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisiPayas · 225 kuruş

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi

      Payas · Calculated age 17 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi · 2 career entriesPayas · 225 kuruş

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi

      Payas · Calculated age 18 · 225 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi (İnfisal)

      Payas · Calculated age 18

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Askerlik

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

  4. 1888/89 (AH 1306)AskerlikContinuing service described by the source

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Askerlik · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başçavuş terfi (askerî)

      · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Askerlik · 2 career entries

    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Askerlik (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  7. 1891/92 (AH 1309)İpek fabrikası geçici memuruÇokmerzimen karyesi · 300 kuruş

    1. İpek fabrikası geçici memuru

      Çokmerzimen karyesi · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Rüsumat nezareti stajyeri · 3 career entriesİskenderun · Anamur · 200 kuruş

    2. Rüsumat nezareti stajyeri (Nakil)

      İskenderun · Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiAnamur · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiAnamur · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiAnamur · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiAnamur · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibiAnamur · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · 3 career entriesAnamur · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi

      Anamur · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi (Azil)

      Anamur · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 32

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001883/84AH 13011898/99AH 13161883/84 (AH 1301) · Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi · Payas · age 17 · 225 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bidayet mahkemesi kâtib-i sanisi · Payas · age 18 · 225 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · İpek fabrikası geçici memuru · Çokmerzimen karyesi · age 25 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 26 · 200 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 28 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 29 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 30 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Rüsumat idaresi kâtibi · Anamur · age 32 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Antakya [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tımar sipahi ümerası [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD.No.69,s.79 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
rüştiye diploması [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Kozan rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Payas [source]
First-salary field
225 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1883/84 (AH 1301) [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.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

    NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 180, 181, 182

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