El-Hac Hasan Hilmi Efendi
Born 1837/38 (AH 1253) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1868 to 1893 (AH 1285 to 1310)
Languages Arabic
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/499
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
El-Hac Hasan Hilmi Efendi was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1837/38 (AH 1253), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; İstanbul ulema dersleri. The language repertoire included Arabic. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Dated career entries span 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1892/93 (AH 1310) across 26 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet). More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Hırka-i Saadet. [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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.
Stage 1 of 7 · Komotini (Gümülcine)
How to read this map
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 1837/38 (AH 1253)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 32
Müderrislik ruûs maaşı (Maaş kaydı)
50 kuruşCalculated age 32
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 10 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
90 kuruşCalculated age 33
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
4 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
500 kuruşCalculated age 43
Continuing service as described
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
450 kuruşCalculated age 43
5 1879/80 (AH 1297) · 10 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
450 kuruşCalculated age 44
Continuing service as described
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
551 kuruşCalculated age 53
Continuing service as described
6 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Hırka-i Saadet
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Hırka-i Saadet
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
551 kuruşCalculated age 54
Continuing service as described
Hırka-i Saadet
Hırka-i Saadet Buhârî-i Şerif ciheti
Calculated age 54
7 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 3 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
551 kuruşCalculated age 55
Continuing service as described
İstanbul müderrisliği, ibtidâ-i hâriç
608 kuruşCalculated age 57
2 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Fatih Camii müderrisi · İstanbul, Fatih Camii · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Daire-i Meşihat Buhârî-i Şerif ciheti · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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
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 amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Istanbul (Dersaadet)50 to 608
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 titleThe 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
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları
ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 71, 72, 73
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/499; 173 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 96/499.
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