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Mehmet Halit 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mülazım (mal kalemi)İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi

    1. Mülazım (mal kalemi)

      İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Muhasebe kalemi katibiİstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Muhasebe Kalemi · 200 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Muhasebe Kalemi · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Mümeyyiz-i saniİstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Mümeyyiz-i sani

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Emniyet-i Umumiye Dairesi · İstanbul, Divan-ı Muhasebat · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru

      İstanbul, Emniyet-i Umumiye Dairesi · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Heyet-i hesabiye sınıf-ı sani mümeyyizi

      İstanbul, Divan-ı Muhasebat · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  5. Undated entriesMülazım (mal kalemi) (Nakil) · 9 career entriesİstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi · İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 400; 430; 480; 600; 700; 1,000; 1,200; 1,350 kuruş

    1. Mülazım (mal kalemi) (Nakil)

      İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Mal Kalemi

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 430 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    4. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 480 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    5. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    6. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    7. Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    8. Mümeyyiz-i sani

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

    9. Mümeyyiz-i sani

      İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001888/89AH 13061909/10AH 13271888/89 (AH 1306) · Muhasebe kalemi katibi · İstanbul, Dokuzuncu Daire-i Belediye Muhasebe Kalemi · 200 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Mümeyyiz-i sani · İstanbul, Zabtiye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · 1,000 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Sicill-i ahval ve muhasebe memuru · İstanbul, Emniyet-i Umumiye Dairesi · 1,500 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Heyet-i hesabiye sınıf-ı sani mümeyyizi · İstanbul, Divan-ı Muhasebat · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Silistre [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 88/439 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Dersaadet ibtidai mektebi; Fatih rüşdiye-i mülkiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 54, 55

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