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Ahmed Cemal Efendi

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Biographical account

Born in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The father’s recorded occupation was Dolmabahçe Sarayı kilar hademesi. Education included Sıbyan mektebi; Beşiktaş mülkiye rüşdiyesi. First work is recorded at İstanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Career entries include Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi çırağı (mülazemetle); Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibi. The surviving career entries cover 1877/78 (AH 1294) to 1891/92 (AH 1309).

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Career across the sources

10 career entries across 6 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

İstanbul

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

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Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
18Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi çırağı (mülazemetle)Istanbul (Dersaadet)
20Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)50
20Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)70
21Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)56
21Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)80
27Tahrir fırkası muharrir-i sânisiKaresi500

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

10 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi çırağı (mülazemetle)Finance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)[1]
Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)50[1]
Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)70[1]
Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)56[1]
Defter-i Hâkani Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibiFinance and revenueIstanbul (Dersaadet)80[1]
Tahrir fırkası muharrir-i sânisiKaresi500[1]
Tahrir fırkası muharrir-i evveliKaresi1,000[1]
Tahrir fırkası muharrir-i evveli (İnfisal)Karesi[1]
Vergi kâtibiEflani nahiyesi250[1]
Tahrir fırka-i seyyaresi mukayyidiKaresi300[1]

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909) (AHMET ERKARTAL, 2007). Pages 33, 34
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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    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

Birth year as recorded
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Father’s occupation
Dolmabahçe Sarayı kilar hademesi
Age at first service
18
First work place as recorded
İstanbul
First work year as recorded
1877/78 (AH 1294)

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
2
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Sıbyan mektebi; Beşiktaş mülkiye rüşdiyesi

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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