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Osman Paşa

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. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Erkân-ı Harbiye mülâzımı
  2. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Yüzbaşı rütbesi; Şumnu harita memuriyetiShumen (Şumnu)
  3. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Kolağası rütbesi; Çırağan inşaatı mühendisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. 1869/70 (AH 1286)İkinci Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiyesi memuru
    1. İkinci Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiyesi memuru

      · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Erkân-ı Harbiye binbaşısı
  6. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Mudanya-Bursa şimendifer komisyonu memuruBursa
  7. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Şumnu istihkâmat komisyonu azasıShumen (Şumnu)
  8. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye reisiVidin
    1. Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye reisi

      Vidin · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  9. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Kaymakam rütbesi
    1. Kaymakam rütbesi

      · Calculated age 36

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Hassa ordusu piyade 2. alay miralayı ve liva kumandanı
  11. 1878/79 (AH 1296)İşkodra memuriyetiShkodër (İşkodra)
  12. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Gümülcine redif mirlivası · 2 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine) · Mecca (Mekke)
  13. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Hicaz valisi (kumandanlıkla)Hicaz
    1. Hicaz valisi (kumandanlıkla)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 43

      [1]

  14. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Haleb valisiHaleb
    1. Haleb valisi

      Haleb · Calculated age 48

      [1]

  15. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Yemen valisi ve 7. ordu kumandanıYemen
    1. Yemen valisi ve 7. ordu kumandanı

      Yemen · Calculated age 49

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  16. 1890/91 (AH 1308)5. ordu müşiri
    1. 5. ordu müşiri

      · Calculated age 52

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  17. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Suriye valisiSuriye
    1. Suriye valisi

      Suriye · Calculated age 53

      [1]

  18. Undated entriesEbniye-i Askeriye İnşaat Komisyonu memuru · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Girid

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1840/41 (AH 1256) [source]
Father’s occupation
Miralay [source]
Religion
İslam [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i Harbiye [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [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. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 34, 35, 36

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