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Hüseyin Fikri Efendi

Born 1833/34 (AH 1249) · Germili Karyesi · Dated entries 1854 to 1888 (AH 1271 to 1305)

Languages Armenian, Persian, Turkish

Archival references BOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 158; DH_SAİDd_____00001_00080

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The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 20 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)BursaBeyoğluGümüşhaneBatumi (Batum)Preveza (Preveze)Debar (Debre)Bitlis
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 20 · Germili Karyesi

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1833/34 (AH 1249)

    Germili Karyesi

    Not yet located on the map: Germili Karyesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1855/56 (AH 1272) · 4 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1860/61 (AH 1277)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Mâliye Nezareti mühürdarı

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 28

  5. 5

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Bursa / Hüdavendigar eyaleti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigar eyaleti

    1. Bursa

      Hüdâvendigâr Eyaleti Tahrirat Müdürü

      2,750 kuruşCalculated age 31

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Hüdavendigar vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigar vilayeti

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Teftiş Müdürü ve Tahsilat Müdürü

      3,500 kuruşCalculated age 35

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Zâbıta Müdürü

      4,500 kuruşCalculated age 36

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Beyoğlu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Beyoğlu Mutasarrıfı

      8,000 kuruşCalculated age 37

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Acara / İcare

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Acara; İcare

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Zabtiye Müşîriyeti Muavini ve Dersaadet Mutasarrıfı

      9,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Gümüşhane

    1. Gümüşhane Mutasarrıfı

      5,675 kuruşCalculated age 40

  11. 11

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Batumi (Batum)

    1. Batum Mutasarrıfı

      9,025 kuruşCalculated age 42

  12. 12

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Place not recorded / Preveza (Preveze) / Batumi (Batum)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Batum Mutasarrıfı (Azil)

      Calculated age 43

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

    Debar (Debre)

    AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    1. Debre Mutasarrıfı

      7,500 kuruşCalculated age 45

    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

  14. 14

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Debar (Debre) / Kosova / Kosova vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova; Kosova vilayeti

    1. Debar (Debre)

      Debre Mutasarrıfı

      7,500 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  15. 15

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Kosova / Dersim / Kosova vilayeti / Dersim vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kosova; Dersim; Kosova vilayeti; Dersim vilayeti

    1. Kosova

      Kosova Valisi

      17,000 kuruşCalculated age 48

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  16. 16

    1880/81 (AH 1298) · 3 recorded years

    Dersim / Dersim vilayeti

    AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Dersim; Dersim vilayeti

    1. Dersim

      Dersim Valisi

      12,500 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  17. 17

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Dersim / Bitlis / Dersim vilayeti / Bitlis vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Dersim; Dersim vilayeti; Bitlis vilayeti

    1. Dersim

      Dersim Valisi

      12,500 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  18. 18

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Place not recorded / Bitlis vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Bitlis vilayeti

    1. Place not recorded

      Bitlis Valisi (Azil)

      Calculated age 53

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  19. 19

    1885/86 (AH 1303) · 2 recorded years

    Hakkâri

    AH entries: 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hakkâri

    1. Hakkâri Valisi

      12,500 kuruşCalculated age 54

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  20. 20

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Hakkâri / Place not recorded / Hakkari vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hakkâri; Location not recorded; Hakkari vilayeti

    1. Hakkâri

      Hakkâri Valisi

      15,000 kuruşCalculated age 56

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Vefat

      Calculated age 56

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

6 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1854 to 1872 (AH 1271 to 1288)
  2. Dersim5
    1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)
  3. Dersim vilayeti5
    1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)
  4. 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
  5. Hakkâri3
    1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  6. 1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,500 to 9,000
  2. Dersim12,500
  3. Dersim vilayeti12,500
  4. Hakkâri12,500 to 15,000

Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)
  2. 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)
  3. 1854 to 1859 (AH 1271 to 1275)
  4. 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
  5. 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  6. 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Education and personal record

Schooling sıbyan mektebi; Çemişgezek ve Harput medreseleri [source]

Qualification şehadetname yok [1] [2]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Dâhiliye Nezareti Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, volume I sample

    Pages 45, 46

    BOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 158.

  2. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 166, 167, 168, 169

    297 DH_SAİDd_____00001_00080

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated AH years

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