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Hüseyin Mekki 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. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruş

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 18 · 205 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 19 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 20 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 21 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 22 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 23 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 24 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 25 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 26 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 27 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Şevne kâtibiMecca (Mekke) · 205 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 28 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Şevne kâtibi · 2 career entriesMecca (Mekke) · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · 205; 350 kuruş

    1. Şevne kâtibi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 29 · 205 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 29 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  13. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakatiHicaz vilayet merkezi · 350; 400 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 30 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 30 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  14. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakatiHicaz vilayet merkezi · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · 2 career entriesHicaz vilayet merkezi · 400 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 32 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati (İnfisal)

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  16. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibiHicaz vilayet merkezi · 500 kuruş

    1. Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibi

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 33 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibiHicaz vilayet merkezi · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibi

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebesi mesalih-i cariye kâtibiHicaz vilayet merkezi · 600; 700 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebesi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 35 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebesi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      Hicaz vilayet merkezi · Calculated age 35 · 700 kuruş

      [1]

  19. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi müsevvidi (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesHicaz · Kosova · 1,200 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi müsevvidi (İnfisal)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Kosova Vilâyeti fırka-i tahririye muharrir-i evveli

      Kosova · Calculated age 36 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

  20. Undated entriesHicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı · 9 career entriesHicaz · Kosova · Aleppo (Halep) · Beirut (Beyrut) · 300; 800; 1,200 kuruş

    4. Kosova Vilâyeti fırka-i tahririye muharrir-i evveli (İnfisal)

      Kosova

      [1]

    6. Halep Vilâyeti tahrir-i müsakkafat komisyonu azası (İnfisal)

      Aleppo (Halep)

      [1]

    8. Beyrut Vilâyeti tahrir-i müsakkafat komisyonu azası (İnfisal)

      Beirut (Beyrut)

      [1]

    9. Mazuliyet

      · 300 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

06001,2001892/93AH 13101910/11AH 13281892/93 (AH 1310) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 18 · 205 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 19 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 20 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 21 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 22 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 23 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 24 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 25 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 26 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 27 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 28 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Şevne kâtibi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 29 · 205 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 29 · 350 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 30 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 30 · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 31 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebe Kalemi merkez mukayyidliği refakati · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 32 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibi · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 33 · 500 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Hicaz vilayet merkezi sandık kâtibi · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 34 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebesi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 35 · 600 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Hicaz Vilâyeti Muhasebesi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi · Hicaz vilayet merkezi · age 35 · 700 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Kosova Vilâyeti fırka-i tahririye muharrir-i evveli · Kosova · age 36 · 1,200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Rabiğ nahiyesi müdürü [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 153/455 ,s. 455 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
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

First work place
Hicaz [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 146, 147, 148

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