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Mahmud Midhat 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. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Mal Müdürü · 2 career entriesKemaliye (Eğin) · 475 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Kemaliye (Eğin) · Calculated age 27 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Kemaliye (Eğin) · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Meclis refik-i sanisiErgani · 250 kuruş

    1. Meclis refik-i sanisi

      Ergani · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Meclis refik-i sanisi · 3 career entriesErgani · Kemaliye (Eğin) · 50; 250; 475 kuruş

    1. Meclis refik-i sanisi

      Ergani · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      Kemaliye (Eğin) · Calculated age 30 · 475 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Kemaliye (Eğin) · Calculated age 30 · 50 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar idaresi başkâtibi (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesErgani · Haftasor · 600 kuruş

    1. Aşar idaresi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Ergani · Calculated age 35

      [1]

    2. Aşar Memuru

      Haftasor · Calculated age 35 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar Memuru · 2 career entriesHaftasor · Mamuratülaziz · 300; 600 kuruş

    1. Aşar Memuru

      Haftasor · Calculated age 36 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe varidat kâtibi

      Mamuratülaziz · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Devir hesabı işlemleri (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesMamuratülaziz merkez · Malatya · 400 kuruş

    1. Devir hesabı işlemleri (İnfisal)

      Mamuratülaziz merkez · Calculated age 38

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe başkâtibi

      Malatya · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Muhasebe başkâtibi · 3 career entriesMalatya · Mazgirt · 400; 800 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe başkâtibi

      Malatya · Calculated age 39 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Malatya · Calculated age 39

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. Mal Müdürü

      Mazgirt · Calculated age 39 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Mal müdürü (İnfisal)Mazgirt

    1. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Mazgirt · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  9. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibiMalatya · 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi

      Malatya · Calculated age 59 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  10. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesMalatya · 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi

      Malatya · Calculated age 60 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Malatya · Calculated age 60

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  11. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Mazuliyet · 150 kuruş

    1. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 61 · 150 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesMaarif meclisi azası · 10 career entriesMamuratülaziz · Ergani · Mamuratülaziz merkez · Mazgirt · Carsancak · 300; 450; 600; 800 kuruş

    1. Maarif meclisi azası

      Mamuratülaziz

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    2. Aşar nezareti refik-i sanisi

      Mamuratülaziz · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Muhasebe varidat kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Mamuratülaziz

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    5. Aşar müdüriyeti başkâtibi

      Mamuratülaziz merkez · 450 kuruş

      [1]

    6. Aşar müdüriyeti başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Mamuratülaziz merkez

      [1]

    7. Devir hesabı işlemleri

      Mamuratülaziz merkez

      [1]

    10. Mal Müdürü

      Mazgirt

      [1] · 2 linked entries

Recorded pay

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

04008001876/77AH 12931909/10AH 13271876/77 (AH 1293) · Mal Müdürü · Kemaliye (Eğin) · age 27 · 475 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Meclis refik-i sanisi · Ergani · age 29 · 250 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Meclis refik-i sanisi · Ergani · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mal Müdürü · Kemaliye (Eğin) · age 30 · 475 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mal Müdürü · Kemaliye (Eğin) · age 30 · 50 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar Memuru · Haftasor · age 35 · 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Aşar Memuru · Haftasor · age 36 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Muhasebe varidat kâtibi · Mamuratülaziz · age 36 · 300 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Muhasebe başkâtibi · Malatya · age 38 · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe başkâtibi · Malatya · age 39 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Mal Müdürü · Mazgirt · age 39 · 800 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi · Malatya · age 59 · 600 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi · Malatya · age 60 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Mazuliyet · age 61 · 150 kuruş · Career status entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 97-172 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Dinî ilimler, Arapça, mantık, edebiyat, riyaziye ve Osmanlıca kaideleri tahsili [source]
Education
Harput sıbyan mektebi; Harput medreseleri; İstanbul Bayezid Camii [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
33 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kemaliye [source]Eğin [1]
First-salary field
475 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [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 defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 289, 290, 291

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