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Hacı Mehmed İzzet 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. 1843/44 (AH 1259)Mektubi-i Sadr-ı Ali Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1848/49 (AH 1265)Emtia Gümrüğü tahrirat başkâtibi
  3. 1851/52 (AH 1268)Erzurum valisi kethüdası ve divan kâtibiErzurum
  4. 1853/54 (AH 1270)Muş sancağı kaymakam vekiliMuş

    1. Muş sancağı kaymakam vekili

      Muş · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  5. 1856/57 (AH 1273)Şam valisi kethüdası ve divan kâtibiDamascus (Şam)
  6. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)
  7. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 41

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 42

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 43

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 44

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibiDamascus (Şam)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 45

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi · 2 career entriesDamascus (Şam)

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 46

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi · 3 career entriesDamascus (Şam) · Bursa

    1. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 47

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şam eyaleti tahrirat başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 47

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Hicaz vilayeti merkez muhasebecisiHicaz

    1. Hicaz vilayeti merkez muhasebecisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 50

      [1]

  15. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Harem-i Şerif müdürüMecca (Mekke)
  16. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Harem-i Şerif müdürü · 2 career entriesMecca (Mekke)

    1. Harem-i Şerif müdürü

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 53

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Harem-i Şerif müdürü (İnfisal)

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 53

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  17. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tekaüt · 4,000 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 54 · 4,000 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  18. 1878 (AH 1295)Surre-i hümayun emini · 2 career entries

    1. Surre-i hümayun emini

      · Calculated age 60

      [1]

  19. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfıDamascus (Şam)
  20. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Basra valisiBasra

    1. Basra valisi

      Basra · Calculated age 68

      [1]

  21. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Tekaüt · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 70 · 5,000 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  22. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Adana valisiAdana

    1. Adana valisi

      Adana · Calculated age 74

      [1]

  23. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Adana valisi · 3 career entriesAdana

    1. Adana valisi

      Adana · Calculated age 75

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adana valisi (Azil)

      Adana · Calculated age 75

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Tekaüt

      · Calculated age 75

      [1]

  24. Undated entriesRodos mutasarrıfı Azmi Efendi kâtibi · 5 career entriesRhodes (Rodos) · Çerkesistan · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Hicaz

Recorded pay

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

02,5005,0001872/73AH 12891887/88AH 13051872/73 (AH 1289) · Tekaüt · age 54 · 4,000 kuruş · Retirement entry1887/88 (AH 1305) · Tekaüt · age 70 · 5,000 kuruş · Retirement entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Edirne [source]
Birth year
1819/20 (AH 1235) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kâtip (küttâbdan) [source]
Archive references
BOA SAD 4/834 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1843/44 (AH 1259) [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. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 61, 62

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