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Halil Hilmi Efendi

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Biga · Dated entries 1893 to 1911 (AH 1311 to 1329)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00111/00187

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1BigaKarabigaEdirneIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Biga

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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.

  1. 1

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Biga

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Karabiga

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. İptidai mektepleri hüsnühat muallimi

      45 kuruşCalculated age 17

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  3. 3

    1894/95 (AH 1312) · 4 recorded years

    Karabiga

    AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İptidai mektepleri hüsnühat muallimi

      45 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

    2. İptidai mektepleri hüsnühat muallimi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 21

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  4. 4

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Edirne

    1. İkinci Ordu askerî telgraf bölüğünde gönüllü asker

      Calculated age 22

  5. 5

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Şehremaneti mektubi kalemi memuru

      150 kuruşCalculated age 28

  6. 6

    1909/10 (AH 1327) · 3 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1327, 1328, 1329. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Şehremaneti mektubi kalemi dördüncü sınıf halifesi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 33

    2. Şehremaneti mektubi kalemi üçüncü sınıf halifesi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 35

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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; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● 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. 1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)
  2. 1904 to 1911 (AH 1322 to 1329)
  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)

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. Karabiga45 to 200

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. 1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)
  2. 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
  3. 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)
  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)
  6. 1911 (AH 1329)

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

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehadetname [1]

Schooling Biga ibtidai ve rüşti mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Bigalı devlet adamları

    AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 87, 88

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00111/00187.; 96 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00111/00187.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated years

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