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Şerif Ali 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)Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine)
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeri · 2 career entriesPristina (Priştine)

    1. Defter-i Hakanî Kalemi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tapu kâtibiPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Tapu kâtibiPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Tapu kâtibiPristina (Priştine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tapu kâtibiPristina (Priştine) · Preševo (Preşova)

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 23

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  9. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Tapu kâtibiPreševo (Preşova)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Tapu kâtibi · 3 career entriesPreševo (Preşova)

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Preševo (Preşova) · Calculated age 38

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Azil

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  24. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Tapu kâtibiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar) · 600 kuruş

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · Calculated age 41 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  25. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Tapu kâtibiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar) · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · Calculated age 42 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  26. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Tapu kâtibiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar) · Tetovo (Kalkandelen) · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Tapu kâtibi

      Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · Calculated age 43 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tapu kâtibi

      Tetovo (Kalkandelen) · Calculated age 43 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001907/08AH 13251909/10AH 13271907/08 (AH 1325) · Tapu kâtibi · Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · age 41 · 600 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Tapu kâtibi · Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · age 42 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tapu kâtibi · Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · age 43 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Tapu kâtibi · Tetovo (Kalkandelen) · age 43 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth year
1867/68 (AH 1284) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 191-248 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan ve rüştiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Priştine [source]
First work year
1882/83 (AH 1300) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.9 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 276, 277

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