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Hacı Mehmed Hilmi Efendi

Born 1846/47 (AH 1263) · Tokat · Dated entries 1875 to 1888 (AH 1292 to 1305)

Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 125, s. 363

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1TokatTripoli (Trablusşam)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Tokat

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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.

4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Tokat

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Tripoli (Trablusşam) / Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi

    1. Tripoli (Trablusşam)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 29

    2. Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi

      Rüşdiye birinci muallimi

      700 kuruşCalculated age 29

  3. 3

    1876/77 (AH 1293) · 5 recorded years

    Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi

    AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi

    1. Rüşdiye birinci muallimi

      700 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Rüşdiye birinci muallimi

      560 kuruşCalculated age 34

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  4. 4

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Vataniye Medresesi / Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Vataniye Medresesi; Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi

    1. Vataniye Medresesi

      Medrese görevi

      Calculated age 35

    2. Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi

      Rüşdiye muallimi

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

  5. 5

    1881/82 (AH 1299) · 5 recorded years

    Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi

    AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi

    1. Rüşdiye muallimi

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Rüşdiye muallimi (İstifa)

      Calculated age 40

      Recorded service ending

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  6. 6

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Van Rüşdiyesi

    Not yet located on the map: Van Rüşdiyesi

    1. Rüşdiye muallimi

      800 kuruşCalculated age 42

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.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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. Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi6
    1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)
  2. Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi6
    1875 to 1880 (AH 1292 to 1297)
  3. Van Rüşdiyesi1
    1887/88 (AH 1305)
  4. Vataniye Medresesi1
    1880/81 (AH 1298)

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. Ebrem? Rüşdiyesi1,000
  2. Trablusşam İskele Rüşdiyesi560 to 700
  3. Van Rüşdiyesi800

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. 1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)
  2. 1875 to 1880 (AH 1292 to 1297)
  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)

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; diploma (medrese, Dârülmuallimîn) [1]

Schooling İbrahim Paşa Medresesi; Dârülfünun; Dârülmuallimîn [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • French · Aşina [source]
  • Persian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )

    ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 161, 162, 163

    BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 125, s. 363

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated years

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