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Mehmet Hamdi 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. 1849/50 (AH 1266)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüp
  2. 1850/51 (AH 1267)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüpContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 14

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1851/52 (AH 1268)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüpContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 15

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüpContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1853/54 (AH 1270)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüpContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1854/55 (AH 1271)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıÜrgüpContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1855/56 (AH 1272)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesÜrgüp · Niš (Niş) · 260 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emtia gümrüğü görevi

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 19 · 260 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · 280 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 48 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · 280 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 49 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · 280 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 50 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · 280 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 51 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · 280 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 52 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tahrirat katibiGeylan · Bereşova (?) · 280 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat katibi

      Geylan · Calculated age 53 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat katibi

      Bereşova (?) · Calculated age 53 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesInfisal

Recorded pay

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

01402801855/56AH 12721888/89AH 13061855/56 (AH 1272) · Emtia gümrüğü görevi · Niš (Niş) · age 19 · 260 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 48 · 280 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 49 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 50 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 51 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 52 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Tahrirat katibi · Geylan · age 53 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Tahrirat katibi · Bereşova (?) · age 53 · 280 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth year
1837/38 (AH 1253) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hazinedar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00042/00113 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Ürgüp sıbyan mektebi ve medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
13 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ürgüp [source]
First work year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Apprenticeship
6.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 89, 90

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