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Ahmet Muhtar Efendi

Born 1851/52 (AH 1268) · Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) · Career evidence 1882 to 1903 (AH 1300 to 1320)

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00031 /00039.

Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1
    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 32

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 32

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years

    Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

    AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

    1. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi / Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi; Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi

    1. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

      Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      150 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi

      Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi mülazımı

      200 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi

      Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi evrak mukayyidi

      350 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 5 recorded years

    Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi

    AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi

    1. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      450 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      450 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      450 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      450 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      450 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      500 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1898/99 (AH 1316) · 5 recorded years

    Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi

    AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi

    1. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      650 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      650 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      650 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      650 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      700 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      700 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Rumeli Demiryolu, Otuz Milyon Mark ve Tahvilat-ı Osmaniye kitâbeti refiki

      750 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Entry & evidence →[1]

2 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03757501884/85AH 13021893/94AH 13111902/03AH 13201884/85 (AH 1302) · 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 150 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 150 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 200 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 350 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 450 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 450 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 450 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 450 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 450 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 500 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · 650 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 650 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 650 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 650 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 700 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 700 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 750 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi10
    1891 to 1903 (AH 1309 to 1320)
  2. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi5
    1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)
  3. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi1
    1886/87 (AH 1304)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Kupon İdaresi Kuyudat Kalemi450 to 750
  2. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi150 to 200
  3. Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi350

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1891 to 1903 (AH 1309 to 1320)
  2. 1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)
  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Afyonkarahisar[source]Karahisar-ı Sâhib[1]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268)[source]
Father’s occupation
Karahisar-ı Sâhib Sancağı eski sandık emini[source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00031 /00039.[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm-ı diniye; sarf ve nahiv, mantık, fıkıh[source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; medrese[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
32[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Maliye Mektupçu Kalemi Masarifat Şubesi[source]
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicili Ahval Defterlerine göre Afyonlu devlet adamları

    İPEK KÜLTEKİN · 2021 · Pages 132, 133

    BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00031 /00039.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 15 dated years

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