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Hafız Salih Efendi

Born 1888/89 (AH 1306) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 168/35 s.35

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1905/06 (AH 1323): Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi, Mecca (Mekke), 344 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi, Mecca (Mekke), 344 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325): Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi, Mecca (Mekke), 344 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326): Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi, Mecca (Mekke), 344 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326): Cerâye mukayyidi refakati, Mecca (Mekke), 400 kuruşAH 1323AH 1325AH 1326
Places and reading notes
  • Mecca (Mekke)

4 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Mecca (Mekke)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Mecca (Mekke)

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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

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Mecca (Mekke)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Mecca (Mekke)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi

      344 kuruşCalculated age 17

  3. 3

    1906/07 (AH 1324) · 3 recorded years

    Mecca (Mekke)

    AH entries: 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi

      344 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

    2. Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi

      344 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    3. Cerâye Şevnesi kâtibi

      344 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    4. Cerâye mukayyidi refakati

      400 kuruşCalculated age 20

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.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001905/06AH 13231908/09AH 13261905/06 (AH 1323) · 344 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 344 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 344 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · 344 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · 400 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. 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)

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. Mecca (Mekke)344 to 400

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. 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)
  2. 1908/09 (AH 1326)

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; Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Rüşdiye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1888/89 (AH 1306) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 168/35 s.35 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Rüşdiye [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Mekke [source]
First-salary field
344 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
1905/06 (AH 1323) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 127, 128

    196 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 168/35 s.35.

Read the original source accounts · 5 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated years

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