Mihail Arkatcı Efendi

Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİDd. 4 424

Biographical account

Born in Halep, 1836/37 (AH 1252). First work is recorded at Cebel-i Lübnan in 1861/62 (AH 1278). Career entries include Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru; Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru. The surviving career entries cover 1861/62 (AH 1278) to 1886/87 (AH 1304).

Career across the sources

36 career entries across 24 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

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

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
Year	Age	Post	Place	Salary (kuruş)
	26	Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	500
	26	Tâhrîrât-ı Arabiyye kâtip muavini	Cebeli lubnan
	27	Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	600
	28	Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700
Source-bounded service	29	Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700
Source-bounded service	30	Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700

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

36 career entries in 2 source accounts.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Title and category	Place	Recorded pay	Source
Tâhrîrât-ı Arabiyye kâtip muavini	Cebeli lubnan		[2]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	500	[1]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	600	[1]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700	[1]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700	[1]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700	[1]
Tercüme Odası	Bâbıâli		[2]
Cebel-i Lübnan Tahrirat-ı Arabiye Kitabeti muavinliği memuru	Cebeli lubnan	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	500	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	500	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	500	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	600	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	600	[1]
Arapça mütercimi			[2]
Bab-ı Ali Tercüme Odası memuru	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	600	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Vilayet müddei umumisi	Aydın		[2]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Vilayet adliye müfettiş vekiliJudicial	Aydın		[2]
Bab-ı Ali Arapça tercümanı	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	700	[1]
Aydın Vilayeti müdde-i umumisi	Aydın	4,000	[1]
Vilayet müddei umumisi	Aydın		[2]

Showing the first 30 of 36 career entries. Read every entry and source account.

Sources and references

Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar (ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN, 2023). Pages 103, 104
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİDd. 4 424
Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 202, 203
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.4/424

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 kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
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.
Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)
Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..
Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..

Personal details

Birthplace: Halep
Birth year as recorded: 1836/37 (AH 1252)
Father’s occupation: Halep eski tüccarbaşısı; Tüccarbaşı (Halep)
Age at first service: 26
First work place as recorded: Cebel-i Lübnan
First salary as recorded (kuruş): 500
First work year as recorded: 1861/62 (AH 1278)

Education and languages

Arabic: Kitâbet; konuşur ve yazar
French: Kitâbet; konuşur ve yazar
Italian: Kitâbet; konuşur ve yazar
Turkish: Kitâbet; konuşur ve yazar
School or education as recorded: Halep mektebi; Halep okulları; özel hocalar

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded: 0

How to read this record

Subjects

List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)