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Mehmet Hilmi 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. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Maliye İhale Kalemi memuru · 10 kuruş

    1. Maliye İhale Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 17 · 10 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Ticaret Meclisi Kalemi memuru · 120 kuruş

    1. Ticaret Meclisi Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 20 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı
  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı

      · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı · 1,500 kuruş
  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı · 800 kuruş
  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 800; 1,000; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 42 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Sancak MuhasebecisiBurdur · 1,800 kuruş

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 44 · 1,800 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Sancak MuhasebecisiBurdur · 1,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 45 · 1,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Sancak MuhasebecisiBurdur · 1,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 46 · 1,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Sancak MuhasebecisiBurdur · 1,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Burdur · Calculated age 47 · 1,800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Sancak MuhasebecisiTeke · 1,620; 1,800 kuruş

    1. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Teke · Calculated age 48 · 1,800 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Sancak Muhasebecisi

      Teke · Calculated age 48 · 1,620 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1902/03 (AH 1320)DefterdarShkodër (İşkodra) · 3,420 kuruş

    1. Defterdar

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 54 · 3,420 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Vilayet defterdarıBitola (Manastır) · 3,420 kuruş

    1. Vilayet defterdarı

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 55 · 3,420 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Vilayet defterdarıIoannina (Yanya)
  17. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Vilayet defterdarıIoannina (Yanya)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet defterdarı

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 57

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Vilayet defterdarıIoannina (Yanya)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet defterdarı

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 58

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Vilayet defterdarıIoannina (Yanya)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet defterdarı

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 59

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Vilayet defterdarı · 2 career entriesIoannina (Yanya)

    1. Vilayet defterdarı

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 60

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vilayet defterdarı (İnfisal)

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 60

      [1]

  21. Undated entriesMaliye İhale Kalemi memuru · 5 career entriesIoannina (Yanya) · 20; 800 kuruş

    1. Maliye İhale Kalemi memuru

      · 20 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Vilayet defterdarı (İnfisal)

      Ioannina (Yanya)

      [1]

    5. Vilayet defterdarı (Azil)

      Ioannina (Yanya)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,7103,4201866/67AH 12831903/04AH 13211866/67 (AH 1283) · Maliye İhale Kalemi memuru · age 17 · 10 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Ticaret Meclisi Kalemi memuru · age 20 · 120 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Taşra Menafi Sandıkları, ıslahhaneler ve Mekteb-i Sanayi hesap işleri yazıcısı · age 29 · 800 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 1,500 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 800 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Mekteb-i Sanayi muhasibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 1,500 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Burdur · age 44 · 1,800 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Burdur · age 45 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Burdur · age 46 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Burdur · age 47 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Teke · age 48 · 1,800 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Sancak Muhasebecisi · Teke · age 48 · 1,620 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Defterdar · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 54 · 3,420 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Vilayet defterdarı · Bitola (Manastır) · age 55 · 3,420 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kargı [source]
Birth province
Kastamonu [source]
Birth year
1849/50 (AH 1266) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAID 2/19 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Darülmaarif [source]
Qualification
Rika, sülüs ve nesih hatlarına hâkim; şahadetnamesi yok [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
10 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
1866/67 (AH 1283) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Çorumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    HAYRETTİN ÖRS · 2019 · Pages 59, 60, 61

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