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Mehmed Âsım Paşa

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. 1842/43 (AH 1258)Mühimme Odası görevlisi · 0 kuruş

    1. Mühimme Odası görevlisi

      · Calculated age 15 · 0 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1843/44 (AH 1259)Mühimme Odası görevlisi · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mühimme Odası görevlisi

      · Calculated age 16 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1844/45 (AH 1260)Mühimme Odası görevlisi · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Mühimme Odası görevlisi

      · Calculated age 17 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1845 (AH 1261)Tercüme Odası halifesi

    1. Tercüme Odası halifesi

      · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  5. 1845/46 (AH 1262)Tercüme Odası halifesi · 200 kuruş

    1. Tercüme Odası halifesi

      · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1851/52 (AH 1268)Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibiTahran · 2,000 kuruş

    1. Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi

      Tahran · Calculated age 25 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  7. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibiTahran · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi

      Tahran · Calculated age 26 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1853/54 (AH 1270)Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibiTahran · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi

      Tahran · Calculated age 27 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1854/55 (AH 1271)NakilIstanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Nakil

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  10. 1855/56 (AH 1272)Meclis-i Muvakkat reisiThessaloniki (Selanik) · 7,000 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Muvakkat reisi

      Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Calculated age 29 · 7,000 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1856/57 (AH 1273)Meclis-i Muvakkat reisiThessaloniki (Selanik) · 7,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Muvakkat reisi

      Thessaloniki (Selanik) · Calculated age 30 · 7,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Altıncı Daire muavini · 4,000 kuruş

    1. Altıncı Daire muavini

      · Calculated age 31 · 4,000 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Paris Sefareti birinci serkâtibiParis · 3,350 kuruş

    1. Paris Sefareti birinci serkâtibi

      Paris · Calculated age 33 · 3,350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  14. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi · 7,500 kuruş

    1. Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi

      · Calculated age 34 · 7,500 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi · 7,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi

      · Calculated age 35 · 7,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1862/63 (AH 1279)İstifa · 2 career entriesKaresi · 9,000 kuruş

    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 36

      [1]

    2. Karesi mutasarrıfı

      Karesi · Calculated age 36 · 9,000 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Karesi mutasarrıfıKaresi · 9,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Karesi mutasarrıfı

      Karesi · Calculated age 37 · 9,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Dîvân-ı Muhasebât-ı Maliye azası · 6,000 kuruş

    1. Dîvân-ı Muhasebât-ı Maliye azası

      · Calculated age 38 · 6,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  19. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Dîvân-ı Muhakemât-ı Maliye reisi · 8,000 kuruş

    1. Dîvân-ı Muhakemât-ı Maliye reisi

      · Calculated age 39 · 8,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  20. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi · 13,330 kuruş

    1. Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi

      · Calculated age 40 · 13,330 kuruş

      [1]

  21. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi · 13,330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi

      · Calculated age 41 · 13,330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Edirne valisiEdirne · 41,330 kuruş

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 42 · 41,330 kuruş

      [1]

  23. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Edirne valisiEdirne · 41,330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 43 · 41,330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Edirne valisiEdirne · 41,330 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 44 · 41,330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  25. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Edirne valisi · 2 career entriesEdirne · Bosna · 36,000; 41,330 kuruş

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 45 · 41,330 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bosna valisi

      Bosna · Calculated age 45 · 36,000 kuruş

      [1]

  26. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Bosna valisi · 4 career entriesBosna · Kastamonu · 22,500; 36,000 kuruş

    1. Bosna valisi

      Bosna · Calculated age 46 · 36,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 46

      [1]

    4. Kastamonu valisi

      Kastamonu · Calculated age 46 · 22,500 kuruş

      [1]

  27. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Kastamonu valisi · 2 career entriesKastamonu · Trabzon · 22,500; 30,000 kuruş

    1. Kastamonu valisi

      Kastamonu · Calculated age 47 · 22,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Trabzon valisi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 47 · 30,000 kuruş

      [1]

  28. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Trabzon valisi · 2 career entriesTrabzon · Tuna · 30,000; 40,000 kuruş

    1. Trabzon valisi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 48 · 30,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tuna valisi

      Tuna · Calculated age 48 · 40,000 kuruş

      [1]

  29. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Edirne valisiEdirne · 25,000 kuruş

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 50 · 25,000 kuruş

      [1]

  30. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Adliye nazırı · 2 career entries · 30,000 kuruş

    1. Adliye nazırı

      · Calculated age 51 · 30,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i Âyan azası

      · Calculated age 51

      [1]

  31. 1878 (AH 1295)Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi · 4 career entriesŞarkî Rumeli · 20,000; 40,000 kuruş

    1. Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi

      · Calculated age 52 · 40,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazır vekili

      · Calculated age 52

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Infisal

      · Calculated age 52

      [1]

    4. Şarkî Rumeli Avrupa Komisyonu birinci komiseri

      Şarkî Rumeli · Calculated age 52 · 20,000 kuruş

      [1]

  32. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Şarkî Rumeli Avrupa Komisyonu birinci komiseri · 3 career entriesŞarkî Rumeli · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 10,000; 20,000 kuruş

    1. Şarkî Rumeli Avrupa Komisyonu birinci komiseri

      Şarkî Rumeli · Calculated age 53 · 20,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Heyet-i Âyan azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 53 · 10,000 kuruş

      [1]

  33. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Heyet-i Âyan azası · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 10,000; 20,000 kuruş

    1. Heyet-i Âyan azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 54 · 10,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 54 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  34. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Hariciye nazırı · 20,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 55 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  35. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Hariciye nazırı · 2 career entries · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 56 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Evkaf nazırı

      · Calculated age 56 · 20,000 kuruş

      [1]

  36. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Evkaf nazırı · 4 career entries · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Evkaf nazırı

      · Calculated age 57 · 20,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 57 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Adliye nazırı

      · Calculated age 57 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  37. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Adliye nazırı · 2 career entries · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Adliye nazırı

      · Calculated age 58 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 58 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

  38. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Hariciye nazırı · 3 career entries · 20,000; 30,000 kuruş

    1. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 59 · 20,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hariciye nazırı

      · Calculated age 59 · 30,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Foreign affairs administration

      [1]

    3. Infisal

      · Calculated age 59

      [1]

  39. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Mazuliyet · 3 career entriesTrabzon · 15,000 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 60 · 15,000 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

    2. Trabzon valisi

      Trabzon · Calculated age 60 · 15,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Vefat

      · Calculated age 60

      [1]

  40. Undated entriesDîvân-ı Hümâyun Kalemi mülazımı · 7 career entriesTuna · 1,000; 7,000; 25,000 kuruş

    3. İstifa

      [1]

    6. Tuna valisi

      Tuna · 25,000 kuruş

      [1]

    7. Meclis-i Âyan reisi

      · 25,000 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

020,66541,3301842/43AH 12581885/86AH 13031842/43 (AH 1258) · Mühimme Odası görevlisi · age 15 · 0 kuruş1843/44 (AH 1259) · Mühimme Odası görevlisi · age 16 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1844/45 (AH 1260) · Mühimme Odası görevlisi · age 17 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1845/46 (AH 1262) · Tercüme Odası halifesi · age 19 · 200 kuruş1851/52 (AH 1268) · Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi · Tahran · age 25 · 2,000 kuruş1852/53 (AH 1269) · Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi · Tahran · age 26 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1853/54 (AH 1270) · Tahran Sefareti birinci serkâtibi · Tahran · age 27 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1855/56 (AH 1272) · Meclis-i Muvakkat reisi · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 29 · 7,000 kuruş1856/57 (AH 1273) · Meclis-i Muvakkat reisi · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 30 · 7,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1857/58 (AH 1274) · Altıncı Daire muavini · age 31 · 4,000 kuruş1859/60 (AH 1276) · Paris Sefareti birinci serkâtibi · Paris · age 33 · 3,350 kuruş1860/61 (AH 1277) · Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi · age 34 · 7,500 kuruş1861/62 (AH 1278) · Birinci Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi · age 35 · 7,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1862/63 (AH 1279) · Karesi mutasarrıfı · Karesi · age 36 · 9,000 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Karesi mutasarrıfı · Karesi · age 37 · 9,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1864/65 (AH 1281) · Dîvân-ı Muhasebât-ı Maliye azası · age 38 · 6,000 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · Dîvân-ı Muhakemât-ı Maliye reisi · age 39 · 8,000 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi · age 40 · 13,330 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Dîvân-ı Muhasebât reisi · age 41 · 13,330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 42 · 41,330 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 43 · 41,330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 44 · 41,330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 45 · 41,330 kuruş · Source-bounded service1871/72 (AH 1288) · Bosna valisi · Bosna · age 45 · 36,000 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Bosna valisi · Bosna · age 46 · 36,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kastamonu valisi · Kastamonu · age 46 · 22,500 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Kastamonu valisi · Kastamonu · age 47 · 22,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Trabzon valisi · Trabzon · age 47 · 30,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Trabzon valisi · Trabzon · age 48 · 30,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tuna valisi · Tuna · age 48 · 40,000 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 50 · 25,000 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Adliye nazırı · age 51 · 30,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi · age 52 · 40,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Şarkî Rumeli Avrupa Komisyonu birinci komiseri · Şarkî Rumeli · age 52 · 20,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Şarkî Rumeli Avrupa Komisyonu birinci komiseri · Şarkî Rumeli · age 53 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Heyet-i Âyan azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 53 · 10,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Heyet-i Âyan azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 54 · 10,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Hariciye nazırı · age 54 · 20,000 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Hariciye nazırı · age 55 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Hariciye nazırı · age 56 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Evkaf nazırı · age 56 · 20,000 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Evkaf nazırı · age 57 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Hariciye nazırı · age 57 · 20,000 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Adliye nazırı · age 57 · 20,000 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Adliye nazırı · age 58 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Hariciye nazırı · age 58 · 20,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Hariciye nazırı · age 59 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Hariciye nazırı · age 59 · 30,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Mazuliyet · age 60 · 15,000 kuruş · Career status entry1885/86 (AH 1303) · Trabzon valisi · Trabzon · age 60 · 15,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1827/28 (AH 1243) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hariciye müsteşarı [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİDd, 4-114 [1]CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 4-114 [1]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Persian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education
İrfaniye Mektebi [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
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri

    BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 50, 51, 52, 53

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