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14,521 biographical entries across Ottoman public service
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14,521 biographical records. Showing 1 to 100.
| Official | Recorded years | Career entries |
|---|---|---|
| A. Mavroyeni BeyBOA. DH.SAİD.d. 10/173; 112 BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 10/173 | 1875 to 1907 (AH 1292 to 1324) | 34 |
| Abbas Efendi90_75; 147 | 1894 to 1904 (AH 1312 to 1321) | 10 |
| Abbas Efendi0086_0133: 261 | 1881 to 1907 (AH 1299 to 1324) | 27 |
| ABBAS EFENDİ283 DH_SAİD,00163_00177 | 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324) | 3 |
| Abbas Efendi40 DH_SAİD,00003_00499 | 1864 to 1895 (AH 1281 to 1312) | 36 |
| Abbas EfendiBOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 30/203, s.203. | 1873 to 1887 (AH 1290 to 1304) | 23 |
| Abbas Efendi | 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 5 |
| ABBAS EFENDİ112 DH_SAİD,00097_00082 | 1876 to 1889 (AH 1293 to 1306) | 23 |
| Abbas EfendiDH. SAİDd. 63/251 | 1879 to 1911 (AH 1297 to 1328) | 24 |
| Abbas Fehmi EfendiBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 161-195 | 1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327) | 6 |
| Abbas Fevzi Efendi132 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 185/217. S.217. | 7 | |
| Abbas Hilmi Efendi151-213-421 | 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326) | 6 |
| Abbas Hilmi EfendiBOA. DH. SAİD. 170/55. | 1894 to 1908 (AH 1312 to 1325) | 20 |
| Abbas Hilmi EfendiDH.SAİDd. 31/391 | 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 2 |
| Abbas Hilmi EfendiBOA. DH. SAİDd., 153/14; 175 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 153/14, s. 25. | 1896 to 1905 (AH 1314 to 1322) | 22 |
| Abbas Hilmi Efendi149-154-303 | 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1 |
| ABBAS HİLMİ EFENDİ282 DH_SAİD,00158_00247 | 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2 |
| ABBAS HİLMİ NAİLBANDBAŞI153 DH_SAİD,00040_00095 | 1861 to 1885 (AH 1278 to 1302) | 47 |
| Abbas Rüştü Efendi97_27; 53 | 1890 to 1910 (AH 1308 to 1327) | 21 |
| Abbas Vasık Efendi(1409); Meşihat Arşivi’nde 1409 numaralı tercüme -i hal | 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 8 |
| Abbas Zihni Efendi52_0074; 145 | 1888 to 1900 (AH 1306 to 1317) | 13 |
| ABDĠ EFENDĠ124 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d. 00086 – 00031/59 | 1879 to 1896 (AH 1297 to 1313) | 22 |
| Abdi Bey (H. 1274 / M. 1857-1858) | 1875 to 1890 (AH 1292 to 1307) | 19 |
| Abdi EfendiDH.SAİDd. 115/257 | 1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324) | 3 |
| Abdi Efendi | 1867 to 1900 (AH 1284 to 1317) | 39 |
| ABDİ EFENDİ115_130; 257 | 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1 |
| Abdi Efendi60 DH. SAİD. d, nr.00095, s.21. | 8 | |
| Abdi Efendi840 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 86/59. | 1879 to 1896 (AH 1297 to 1313) | 21 |
| Abdi Nazım Efendi89_92; 181 | 1894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323) | 12 |
| Abdi Zühtü Efendi0087_0107; 211 | 1889 to 1905 (AH 1307 to 1322) | 17 |
| Abdül Gafur EfendiBOA. DH. SAİD. 165/226 | 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1 |
| ABDULAHAT EFENDİ235 DH_SAİD,00183_00114 | 1885 to 1911 (AH 1303 to 1329) | 26 |
| ABDULALH RİFET EFENDİ144 DH_SAİD,00095_00169 | 1885 to 1897 (AH 1303 to 1314) | 5 |
| ABDÜLATİF LÜTFİ EFENDİ66 BOA, DH. SAİD, 71/22 | 1862 to 1904 (AH 1279 to 1321) | 51 |
| Abdülaziz Ağa | 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 6 |
| Abdulaziz Bey | 1902 to 1913 (AH 1320 to 1331) | 29 |
| Abdülaziz EfendiBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 120/221 | 1893 to 1908 (AH 1311 to 1325) | 10 |
| Abdulaziz EfendiBOA. DH. SAİD 127-49 | 1884 to 1908 (AH 1302 to 1325) | 47 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi69_130; 257 | 1893 to 1906 (AH 1311 to 1323) | 13 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi | 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 2 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi114_65; 125 | 1898 to 1904 (AH 1316 to 1321) | 12 |
| Abdülaziz EfendiBOA. DH. SAİDd., 111-61; 131 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 111-61. | 1878 to 1903 (AH 1295 to 1320) | 38 |
| Abdulaziz Efendi133 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 47/153 s.153. | 1862 to 1894 (AH 1279 to 1311) | 21 |
| Abdülaziz EfendiDH. SAİD.d, 158/357 | 1900 to 1906 (AH 1318 to 1323) | 6 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi161-36-67 | 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1 |
| Abdülaziz EfendiDH. SA İD 12/447 | 1874 to 1879 (AH 1291 to 1296) | 6 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi120-113-221 | 1893 to 1908 (AH 1311 to 1325) | 15 |
| Abdülaziz EfendiBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 129/323-324; 206 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 129/323.; 207 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 129/323.; 208 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 129/323.; 210 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 129/323-324. | 1877 to 1905 (AH 1294 to 1322) | 41 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi | 3 | |
| Abdülaziz EfendiBOA. DH. SAİD. 191/228; 450 BOA. DH. SAİD. 191/228.; 451 BOA. DH. SAİD. 191/228.; 452 BOA. DH. SAİD. 191/228.; 453 BOA. DH. SAİD. 191/228. | 1884 to 1906 (AH 1302 to 1323) | 26 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi58- 0100;193 | 1866 to 1902 (AH 1283 to 1319) | 71 |
| Abdülaziz Efendi110_151; 299 | 1898 to 1908 (AH 1316 to 1325) | 20 |
| Abdülaziz Faik Efendi Bey | 1 | |
| Abdülaziz Fikri Efendi0098_0164; 325 | 1895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323) | 11 |
| Abdülaziz Hikmet Efendi0091_0011: 19 | 1892 to 1907 (AH 1310 to 1324) | 28 |
| Abdülbaki BeyHR. SAİD. 22.21.11 | 1878 to 1898 (AH 1295 to 1315) | 54 |
| Abdülbâki Efendi | 1878 to 1894 (AH 1296 to 1311) | 18 |
| Abdülbaki EfendiDH. SAİD.00026.00144, s. 283 - 284 | 1871 to 1908 (AH 1288 to 1325) | 69 |
| Abdülbaki Efendi65 DH. SAİD. d, nr.00094, s.121-122. | 1885 to 1911 (AH 1303 to 1329) | 26 |
| Abdülbaki Efendi114_118; 231 | 1900 to 1906 (AH 1318 to 1323) | 6 |
| Abdulbaki Efendi | 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 4 |
| Abdülbaki Efendi54_197; 391 | 1876 to 1905 (AH 1293 to 1322) | 60 |
| Abdulbaki Kemal EfendiBOA.DH.SAİD.,No:97,s.27 | 1893 to 1897 (AH 1311 to 1314) | 6 |
| Abdülcabbar EfendiBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1065 | 1874 to 1893 (AH 1291 to 1310) | 15 |
| Abdülcabbar Efendi147-200-395 | 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325) | 8 |
| Abdülcelil Efendi | 1893 to 1901 (AH 1311 to 1318) | 98 |
| ABDULFATTAH BEG118 DH_SAİD,00133_00194 | 1 | |
| Abdulfattah Efendi59 DH_SAİD,00007_00463 | 1856 to 1883 (AH 1273 to 1300) | 32 |
| ABDULFATTAH OSMAN EFENDİ244 DH_SAİD, 00145_00148 | 1896 to 1907 (AH 1314 to 1324) | 15 |
| ABDÜLFETTAH EFEND İ | 1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327) | 11 |
| Abdülfettah EfendiBOA.DH.SAİD., No:39, s.383; 55 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:39, s.383. | 1870 to 1890 (AH 1287 to 1307) | 29 |
| Abdülfettah Efendi152-198-391 | 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327) | 2 |
| Abdulfettah EfendiDH. SAID 127/125 | 1869 to 1892 (AH 1286 to 1309) | 38 |
| Abdulgaffar Efendi | 1 | |
| Abdülgafur EfendiDH.SAİD.d., 56-165 | 1874 to 1899 (AH 1291 to 1316) | 37 |
| Abdulgafur Hamit Efendi116_200; 397 | 1897 to 1910 (AH 1315 to 1327) | 13 |
| Abdulgafur Sırrı Efendi69_119; 235 | 1894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323) | 12 |
| Abdulgafur Sufi Efendi0091_158: 313 | 1894 to 1904 (AH 1312 to 1321) | 10 |
| Abdülgani Efendi24 Mart 1884 (R. 12 Mart 1300) ve 5 Temmuz 1893 (R.23 Haziran 1309) tarihli tezkirelerle birlikte Kilis Düyun -ı Umumiye memur vekâleti görevinde kazandığı maaĢı gösteren muhasebe defterinin eki, Düyun -ı Umumiye Nezareti tarafından tasdik edilip asıl tercüme-i hal evrakına iĢlenmiĢtir. Antep Düyun-ı Umumiye Kitabeti için elli kuruĢ fazla maaĢ ile teklif edilmesi rağmen, kendisinin bu teklifi kabul etmemesi üzerine 17 Ekim 1894 (H.16 Rebiyülâhır 1312) tarihinde açığa alınmıĢtır. Bunun üze rine 29 Temmuz 1896 (H.18 Safer 1314) tarihinde 66 kuruĢ maaĢla “Arsus Düyun -ı Umumiye Memuriyet Vekâleti” ne atanmıĢ; fakat bu görevine baĢlamadan ayrılması sebebiyle 20 Eylül 1896 (H.12 Rebiyülâhır 1314) tarihinde yine açığa alınmıĢtır. Düyun -ı Umumiye Os maniye Memurin ġubesinin 7 Mayıs 1902 (R.24 Nisan 1318) tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiĢtir (BOA.DH.SAĠD.,No:129,s.435) | 1865 to 1910 (AH 1282 to 1327) | 48 |
| Abdulgani Efendi3_53; 104 | 1868 to 1895 (AH 1285 to 1312) | 28 |
| Abdülgani Efendi0091_0059: 115 | 1892 to 1902 (AH 1310 to 1319) | 19 |
| ABDULHAAKİM HİKMET EFENDİ110 DH_SAİD,00091_00073 | 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313) | 6 |
| Abdülhadi Efendi0034_0098; 193 | 1878 to 1901 (AH 1295 to 1318) | 25 |
| Abdülhadi EfendiDH.SAİDd., 34/193 | 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312) | 8 |
| ABDULHADİ EFENDİ99 DH_SAİD,00132_00064 | 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321) | 4 |
| Abdülhadi Hidayet EfendiDH.d. SAİD. No:101/67 | 1884 to 1911 (AH 1302 to 1329) | 22 |
| Abdülhafız Efendi164-130-255 | 1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325) | 12 |
| Abdülhak EfendiBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 3/580; 202 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 3/580, s.580. | 1862 to 1896 (AH 1279 to 1313) | 45 |
| Abdülhak Efendi | 1862 to 1896 (AH 1279 to 1313) | 12 |
| Abdülhak Hakkı BeyDH. SAİD. d. 00174 | 3 | |
| Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhan | 22 | |
| ABDULHAKİM EFENDİ198 DH_SAİD,00122_00242 | 1871 to 1901 (AH 1288 to 1318) | 27 |
| ABDULHAKİM EFENDİ62 DH_SAİD,00132_00070 | 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 2 |
| ABDULHAKİM EFENDİ120 DH_SAİD,00047_00162 | 1871 to 1893 (AH 1288 to 1310) | 28 |
| Abdülhalık Nasuhi BeyBOA. DH.SAİD.d. 26/27; 115 BOA. DH.SAİD.d. 26/27 | 1840 to 1898 (AH 1256 to 1315) | 93 |
| Abdülhalil Efendi121-127-249 | 1876 to 1904 (AH 1293 to 1321) | 32 |
| Abdülhalim Bey196/222; 437 | 1889 to 1911 (AH 1307 to 1329) | 31 |
| Abdülhalim Bey0001_0037; 72-73 | 1856 to 1907 (AH 1273 to 1324) | 60 |
| Abdulhalim EfendiDH.SAİD.d. 145/153 | 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325) | 4 |
| Abdulhalim EfendiDH.SAİD.d. 8/695 | 1867 to 1884 (AH 1284 to 1301) | 23 |
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Three example careers#
Hasan Ali Efendi
Hasan Ali Efendi, born in Trabzon in 1827/28 (AH 1243). 23 annual entries from 1871 to 1895, most often in Istanbul, there most often as PT Naziri.
Vensan Diraso Efendi
Vensan Diraso Efendi, born in Ankara in 1845 (AH 1261). 31 annual entries from 1865 to 1896, most often in Ankara. Highest recorded salary: 1,200 kuruş a month.
Ragib Efendi
Ragib Efendi, born in Istanbul in 1834/35 (AH 1250). 33 annual entries from 1853 to 1885, most often in Bursa, there most often as Arazi Kalemi.
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