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Mehmed Şemseddin 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Mal Müdürü Vekili · 3 career entriesNazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Pah · 225; 360 kuruş

    1. Mal Müdürü Vekili

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 49 · 225 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Mal müdürü vekili (İnfisal)

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 49

      [1]

    3. Sandık emini

      Pah · Calculated age 49 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Sandık eminiPah · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sandık emini

      Pah · Calculated age 50 · 360 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Sandık eminiPah · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · 360 kuruş

    1. Sandık emini

      Pah · Calculated age 51 · 360 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sandık emini

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 51 · 360 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Sandık eminiNazımiye (Kızılkilise) · 360 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sandık emini

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 52 · 360 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Sandık emini · 2 career entriesNazımiye (Kızılkilise) · 360 kuruş

    1. Sandık emini

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 53 · 360 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Sandık emini (İnfisal)

      Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · Calculated age 53

      [1]

  6. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Tahsildar müfettişiCarsancak · 400 kuruş

    1. Tahsildar müfettişi

      Carsancak · Calculated age 71 · 400 kuruş

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  7. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Tahsildar müfettişi · 2 career entriesCarsancak · Keban · 400 kuruş

    1. Tahsildar müfettişi

      Carsancak · Calculated age 72 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahsilat müfettişi

      Keban · Calculated age 72 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Tahsilat müfettişiKeban · Pötürge · 400 kuruş

    1. Tahsilat müfettişi

      Keban · Calculated age 73 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahsilat müfettişi

      Pötürge · Calculated age 73 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tahsilat müfettişi · 3 career entriesPötürge · Besni · 270; 400 kuruş

    1. Tahsilat müfettişi

      Pötürge · Calculated age 74 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahsilat müfettişi (İnfisal)

      Pötürge · Calculated age 74

      [1]

    3. Sandık emini

      Besni · Calculated age 74 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001882/83AH 13001907/08AH 13251882/83 (AH 1300) · Mal Müdürü Vekili · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · age 49 · 225 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Sandık emini · Pah · age 49 · 360 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Sandık emini · Pah · age 50 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Sandık emini · Pah · age 51 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Sandık emini · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · age 51 · 360 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Sandık emini · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · age 52 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Sandık emini · Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) · age 53 · 360 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Tahsildar müfettişi · Carsancak · age 71 · 400 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · Tahsildar müfettişi · Carsancak · age 72 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Tahsilat müfettişi · Keban · age 72 · 400 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Tahsilat müfettişi · Keban · age 73 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Tahsilat müfettişi · Pötürge · age 73 · 400 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Tahsilat müfettişi · Pötürge · age 74 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Sandık emini · Besni · age 74 · 270 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1835/36 (AH 1251) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 158-177 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm-ı diniye; Arapça sarf ve nahiv [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
49 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Nazımiye [source]Kızılkilise [1]
First-salary field
225 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [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. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 100, 101

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