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Mihail 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. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)
    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep) · İskenderun · 300 kuruş
    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane memuru

      İskenderun · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgrafhane memuru · 2 career entriesİskenderun · Adana · 300; 400 kuruş
    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      İskenderun · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 22 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · 2 career entriesAdana · 126; 400 kuruş
    1. Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adana Merkezi şef vekili

      Adana · Calculated age 30 · 126 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Adana Merkezi şef vekiliAdana · 500 kuruş
    1. Adana Merkezi şef vekili

      Adana · Calculated age 31 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  16. Undated entriesAdana Merkezi şef vekiliAdana · 600 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001894/95AH 13121905/06AH 13231894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgrafhane memuru · İskenderun · age 20 · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgrafhane memuru · İskenderun · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 21 · 400 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 22 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 23 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru · Adana · age 30 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Adana Merkezi şef vekili · Adana · age 30 · 126 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Adana Merkezi şef vekili · Adana · age 31 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Halep belediye memuru [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
French
hâkim [source]
Turkish
hâkim [source]
Education
Halep millet mektebi [source]

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
Halep [source]
First work year
1891/92 (AH 1309) [source]

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 Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 71, 72

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