Hacı Mehmed İzzet Efendi
Born 1819/20 (AH 1235) · Edirne · Dated entries 1843 to 1893 (AH 1259 to 1310)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference BOA SAD 4/834
The career, year by year
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The life
Hacı Mehmed İzzet Efendi was born in Edirne in 1819/20 (AH 1235). The father’s occupation was Kâtip (küttâbdan). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliye. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1843/44 (AH 1259). Dated career entries span 1843/44 (AH 1259) to 1892/93 (AH 1310) across 21 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Adana, beginning with Mektubi-i Sadr-ı Ali Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Adana valisi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Erzurum, Muş and Damascus (Şam) and 5 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 17 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 17 · Edirne
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1819/20 (AH 1235)
Edirne
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 24
Mektubi-i Sadr-ı Ali Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 24
3 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Emtia Gümrüğü tahrirat başkâtibi
Calculated age 30
4 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Erzurum
Erzurum valisi kethüdası ve divan kâtibi
Calculated age 33
5 1853/54 (AH 1270)
Muş
Muş sancağı kaymakam vekili
Calculated age 35
6 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Damascus (Şam)
Şam valisi kethüdası ve divan kâtibi
Calculated age 38
7 1858/59 (AH 1275) · 7 recorded years
Damascus (Şam)
AH entries: 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi
Calculated age 40
Kilar-ı Hacc-ı Şerif emini ve Tarik-i Hacc Komisyonu reisi
Calculated age 46
8 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Damascus (Şam) / Bursa
Within-year entry order unresolved
Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi
Calculated age 47
Continuing service as described
Hüdavendigar eyaleti muhasebecisi
Calculated age 47
9 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Hicaz
Not yet located on the map: Hicaz
Hicaz vilayeti merkez muhasebecisi
Calculated age 50
10 1870/71 (AH 1287) · 2 recorded years
Mecca (Mekke)
AH entries: 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Harem-i Şerif müdürü
Calculated age 52
Harem-i Şerif müdürü (İnfisal)
Calculated age 53
Recorded service ending
11 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
4,000 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 54
12 1878 (AH 1295)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Surre-i hümayun emini
Calculated age 60
Çay ve Anber Risalesi telifi
Calculated age 60
13 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Damascus (Şam)
Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı
Calculated age 65
14 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Basra
Basra valisi
Calculated age 68
15 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tekaüt
5,000 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 70
16 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Adana
Adana valisi
Calculated age 74
17 1892/93 (AH 1310)
Adana / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Adana valisi
Calculated age 75
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Tekaüt
Calculated age 75
5 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.
- Rodos mutasarrıfı Azmi Efendi kâtibi · Rhodes (Rodos) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Behcet Paşa umur-ı tahririye memuru · Çerkesistan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mektubi-i Sadr-ı Ali Kalemi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hicaz eyaleti muhasebecisi · Hicaz · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hicaz vali vekili · Hicaz · Undated 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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
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
- Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn
FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 61, 62
²²⁹ Hakkındaki şikayetler üzerine 1310 tarihinde azl edilmiş ve mazuliyet maaşı tahsis kılınmışdır. (BOA SAD 4/834) ²³⁰"Mehmed İzzet Seyyid, İstanbul Müzellef-zâde Rıza Efendi Matbaası, 1295(1878), 81 sayfa. İstanbul, İzzet Efendi Matbaası, 1295(1878), " ( Seyfettin Özege, **Eski Harflerle Basılmış Türkçe Eserler Kataloğu**, C. 1, s. 226); BOA SAD 4/834
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