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Mehmed Salih 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. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıHicaz

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 15

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıHicazContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisiHicaz · 95; 100 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 18 · 100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 18 · 95 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisiHicaz · 95 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 19 · 95 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisiHicaz · 95 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 20 · 95 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisiHicaz · 95 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 95 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · 2 career entriesHicaz · Jeddah (Cidde) · 95; 500 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 22 · 95 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cidde Sancağı sandık emini

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 22 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Cidde Sancağı sandık emini · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 500; 710 kuruş

    1. Cidde Sancağı sandık emini

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 23 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveliJeddah (Cidde) · 710 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 24 · 710 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveliJeddah (Cidde) · 710 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 25 · 710 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveliJeddah (Cidde) · 710 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 26 · 710 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1878 (AH 1295)Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · 4 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 0; 710 kuruş

    1. Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 27 · 710 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 27 · 710 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Cidde Sancağı muhasebeci vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibiJeddah (Cidde) · 639; 710 kuruş

    1. Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 28 · 710 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 28 · 639 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tekaüt · 213 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 41 · 213 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03557101869/70AH 12861891/92AH 13091869/70 (AH 1286) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 18 · 100 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 18 · 95 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 19 · 95 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 20 · 95 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 21 · 95 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi deftercisi · Hicaz · age 22 · 95 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Cidde Sancağı sandık emini · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 22 · 500 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Cidde Sancağı sandık emini · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 23 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 23 · 710 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 24 · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 25 · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 26 · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Cidde Sancağı şevne kâtib-i evveli · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 27 · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 27 · 710 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Cidde Sancağı muhasebeci vekili · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 27 · 0 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 28 · 710 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Cidde Sancağı muhasebe kâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 28 · 639 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tekaüt · age 41 · 213 kuruş · Retirement entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 39/169, s.169 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education detail
Temel İslami din bilgileri ve bir miktar hesap [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hicaz [source]
First work year
1866/67 (AH 1283) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 226, 227

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