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Ahmed Hamdi Efendi①

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Archive reference: BOA. DH. SAİDd. 75-36

Biographical account

Born in Dimetoka, 1857/58 (AH 1274). The father’s recorded occupation was Zahire tüccarı. Education included İbtidai mektep; Dimetoka Rüşdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded at Dimetoka in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Career entries include Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri; Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi). The surviving career entries cover 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1902/03 (AH 1320).

Career across the sources

60 career entries across 30 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

DimetokaEnez (İnoz)Izmir (İzmir)Elazığ

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
17Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Source-bounded service18Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Source-bounded service19Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Service ending19Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
19Tahrir-i Emlak Vukuat Kitabeti refik-i sanisiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)250
Source-bounded service20Tahrir-i Emlak Vukuat Kitabeti refik-i sanisiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)250

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

60 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)[1]
Tahrir-i Emlak Vukuat Kitabeti refik-i sanisiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)250[1]
Tahrir-i Emlak Vukuat Kitabeti refik-i sanisiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)250[1]
Malmüdürlüğü refik-i evveli, tahrirat kitabeti kadrosuylaDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)235[1]
Malmüdürlüğü refik-i evveli, tahrirat kitabeti kadrosuylaDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)235[1]
İnfisal[1]
Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidiIzmir (İzmir)100[1]
Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidiIzmir (İzmir)200[1]
Vilayet Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidiIzmir (İzmir)200[1]
İstifa[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)280[1]
Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)320[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)730[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)730[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)730[1]
Tahrirat müdürüKomotini (Gümülcine)1,150[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)730[1]
İnfisal[1]
Tahrirat müdürüKomotini (Gümülcine)1,150[1]
Tahrirat müdürüKomotini (Gümülcine)575[1]
Nakil[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)575[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)575[1]
Tahrirat müdür muaviniAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)[1]
İstifa[1]

Showing the first 30 of 60 career entries. Read every entry and source account.

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar (SİBEL EDEMEN, 2025). Pages 96, 97, 98

    Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİDd. 75-36

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka
Birth year as recorded
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Father’s occupation
Zahire tüccarı
Age at first service
17
First work place as recorded
Dimetoka
First work year as recorded
1874/75 (AH 1291)

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
1.33
Turkish
Kitâbet
Education detail
Rüşdiye son sınıfına kadar
School or education as recorded
İbtidai mektep; Dimetoka Rüşdiye Mektebi

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