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Mehmed Mecidi 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Telgrafhane mülazımıKarahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Karahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgrafhane mülazımıKarahisar-ı Şarkî TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Karahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgrafhane mülazımıKarahisar-ı Şarkî TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Karahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 2 career entriesKarahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi · Aynaroz Telgrafhanesi · 500 kuruş
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Karahisar-ı Şarkî Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Aynaroz Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgraf muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesAynaroz Telgrafhanesi · Samsun Telgraf Merkezi · 380; 500 kuruş
    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Aynaroz Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru

      Samsun Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 21 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuruSamsun Telgraf Merkezi · İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · 380; 600 kuruş
    1. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru

      Samsun Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru

      İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 22 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru · 2 career entriesİşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · 600 kuruş
    1. Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru

      İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 23 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez şefi

      Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 23 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Merkez şefi · 3 career entriesSivas Telgraf Merkezi · Cidde Telgrafhanesi · 600; 800 kuruş
    1. Merkez şefi

      Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 24 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez şefi (Azil)

      Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · Calculated age 24

      [1]

    3. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Cidde Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 24 · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf muhabere memuruCidde Telgrafhanesi · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Cidde Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 25 · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesCidde Telgrafhanesi · 800 kuruş
    1. Telgraf muhabere memuru

      Cidde Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 26 · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf muhabere memuru (Azil)

      Cidde Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesVefatDeath recorded
    1. Vefat

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001889/90AH 13071895/96AH 13131889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Aynaroz Telgrafhanesi · age 20 · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Aynaroz Telgrafhanesi · age 21 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru · Samsun Telgraf Merkezi · age 21 · 380 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru · Samsun Telgraf Merkezi · age 22 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru · İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · age 22 · 600 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye memuru · İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi · age 23 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Merkez şefi · Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · age 23 · 600 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Merkez şefi · Sivas Telgraf Merkezi · age 24 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Cidde Telgrafhanesi · age 24 · 800 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Cidde Telgrafhanesi · age 25 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf muhabere memuru · Cidde Telgrafhanesi · age 26 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
hersek [source]
Birth province
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Karahisar-ı Şarkî Ceza Reisi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 45/489 [1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 45/489, s.489 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mahallî sıbyan mektebi; Samsun Rüşdiye Mektebi [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
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarkî [1]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.0833333333 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 223, 224

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