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Hüseyin Fikri 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. 1854/55 (AH 1271)Evâmir-i Mâliyye Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1855/56 (AH 1272)Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  3. 1856/57 (AH 1273)Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  4. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source
    1. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  5. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Mektûbî-i Mâliyye Odası mülazımı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet)
    1. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    2. Evamir-i Maliye Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

  6. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Mâliye Nezareti mühürdarıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Mâliye Nezareti mühürdarı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1] [2]

  7. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Hüdâvendigâr Eyaleti Tahrirat Müdürü · 2 career entriesBursa · Hüdavendigar eyaleti · 2,750 kuruş
    1. Hüdâvendigâr Eyaleti Tahrirat Müdürü

      Bursa · Calculated age 31 · 2,750 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Eyalet tahrirat müdürü (meclis-i kebir başkatipliği ile)

      Hüdavendigar eyaleti · Calculated age 31 · 2,750 kuruş

      [2]

  8. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Teftiş Müdürü ve Tahsilat Müdürü · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Hüdavendigar vilayeti · 3,500 kuruş
    1. Vilayet meclis-i idare başkatibi (Nakil)

      Hüdavendigar vilayeti · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

  9. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Zâbıta Müdürü · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 4,500 kuruş
    1. Bab-ı Zaptiye zabıta müdürü

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 4,500 kuruş

      [2]

  10. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Beyoğlu Mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Beyoğlu · 8,000 kuruş
    1. Beyoğlu Mutasarrıfı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 8,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Beyoğlu mutasarrıfı

      Beyoğlu · Calculated age 37 · 8,000 kuruş

      [2]

  11. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Zabtiye Müşîriyeti Muavini ve Dersaadet Mutasarrıfı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Acara · İcare · 1,750; 9,000 kuruş
    1. Acara Kaymakamı

      Acara · Calculated age 39 · 1,750 kuruş

      [1]

    2. İcare kaymakamı

      İcare · Calculated age 39 · 1,750 kuruş

      [2]

  12. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Gümüşhane MutasarrıfıGümüşhane · 5,675 kuruş
    1. Gümüşhane Mutasarrıfı

      Gümüşhane · Calculated age 40 · 5,675 kuruş

      [1] [2]

  13. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Batum MutasarrıfıBatumi (Batum) · 9,025 kuruş
    1. Batum Mutasarrıfı

      Batumi (Batum) · Calculated age 42 · 9,025 kuruş

      [1] [2]

  14. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Batum Mutasarrıfı (Azil) · 4 career entriesPreveza (Preveze) · Batumi (Batum) · 6,500; 9,025 kuruş
    1. Batum Mutasarrıfı (Azil)

      · Calculated age 43

      [1]

    2. Preveze Mutasarrıfı

      Preveza (Preveze) · Calculated age 43 · 6,500 kuruş

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    3. Batum mutasarrıfı

      Batumi (Batum) · Calculated age 43 · 9,025 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    4. Batum mutasarrıfı (Azil)

      Batumi (Batum) · Calculated age 43

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

  15. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Debre MutasarrıfıDebar (Debre) · 7,500 kuruş
    1. Debre Mutasarrıfı

      Debar (Debre) · Calculated age 45 · 7,500 kuruş

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

  16. 1878 (AH 1295)Debre MutasarrıfıDebar (Debre) · 7,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Debre Mutasarrıfı

      Debar (Debre) · Calculated age 46 · 7,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

  17. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Debre Mutasarrıfı · 4 career entriesDebar (Debre) · Kosova · Kosova vilayeti · 7,500; 27,000 kuruş
    1. Debre Mutasarrıfı

      Debar (Debre) · Calculated age 47 · 7,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    2. Kosova Valisi

      Kosova · Calculated age 47 · 27,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Debre mutasarrıfı (Nakil)

      Debar (Debre) · Calculated age 47

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

    4. Kosova valisi (Rumeli beylerbeyi payesi)

      Kosova vilayeti · Calculated age 47 · 27,000 kuruş

      [2]

  18. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Kosova Valisi · 6 career entriesKosova · Dersim · Kosova vilayeti · Dersim vilayeti · 12,500; 17,000; 27,000 kuruş
    1. Kosova Valisi

      Kosova · Calculated age 48 · 17,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Dersim Valisi

      Dersim · Calculated age 48 · 12,500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Kosova valisi (Rumeli beylerbeyi payesi)

      Kosova vilayeti · Calculated age 48 · 27,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    4. Kosova valisi (Rumeli beylerbeyi payesi) (Nakil)

      Kosova vilayeti · Calculated age 48

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

    5. Kosova valisi

      Kosova vilayeti · Calculated age 48 · 17,000 kuruş

      [2]

    6. Dersim valisi

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 48 · 12,500 kuruş

      [2]

  19. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Dersim Valisi · 2 career entriesDersim · Dersim vilayeti · 12,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dersim Valisi

      Dersim · Calculated age 49 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Dersim valisi

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 49 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  20. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Dersim Valisi · 2 career entriesDersim · Dersim vilayeti · 12,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dersim Valisi

      Dersim · Calculated age 50 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Dersim valisi

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 50 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  21. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Dersim Valisi · 2 career entriesDersim · Dersim vilayeti · 12,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Dersim Valisi

      Dersim · Calculated age 51 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Dersim valisi

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 51 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  22. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Dersim Valisi · 5 career entriesDersim · Bitlis · Dersim vilayeti · Bitlis vilayeti · 12,500; 15,000 kuruş
    1. Dersim Valisi

      Dersim · Calculated age 52 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bitlis Valisi

      Bitlis · Calculated age 52 · 15,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dersim valisi

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 52 · 12,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    4. Dersim valisi (Nakil)

      Dersim vilayeti · Calculated age 52

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

    5. Bitlis valisi

      Bitlis vilayeti · Calculated age 52 · 15,000 kuruş

      [2]

  23. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Bitlis Valisi (Azil) · 3 career entriesBitlis vilayeti · 15,000 kuruş
    1. Bitlis Valisi (Azil)

      · Calculated age 53

      [1]

    2. Bitlis valisi

      Bitlis vilayeti · Calculated age 53 · 15,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. Bitlis valisi (Azil)

      Bitlis vilayeti · Calculated age 53

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

  24. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Hakkâri ValisiHakkâri · 12,500; 15,000 kuruş
    1. Hakkâri Valisi

      Hakkâri · Calculated age 54 · 12,500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Hakkâri Valisi

      Hakkâri · Calculated age 54 · 15,000 kuruş

      [1]

  25. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Hakkâri ValisiHakkâri · 15,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Hakkâri Valisi

      Hakkâri · Calculated age 55 · 15,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  26. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Hakkâri Valisi · 4 career entriesHakkâri · Hakkari vilayeti · 15,000 kuruşDeath recorded
    1. Hakkâri Valisi

      Hakkâri · Calculated age 56 · 15,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Hakkâri Valisi (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 56

      [1]

    3. Vefat

      · Calculated age 56

      [1] [2]

    4. Hakkari valisi (İnfisal)

      Hakkari vilayeti · Calculated age 56

      Recorded service ending

      [2]

  27. Undated entriesMektûbî-i Mâliyye Odası kâtibi · 6 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Bursa · Hüdavendigar vilayeti · Hakkari vilayeti · 500; 2,500; 12,500; 15,000 kuruş
    1. Vilayet meclis-i idare başkatibi

      Hüdavendigar vilayeti · 2,500 kuruş

      [2]

    2. Hakkari valisi

      Hakkari vilayeti · 12,500 kuruş

      [2]

    3. Hakkari valisi

      Hakkari vilayeti · 15,000 kuruş

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

013,50027,0001860/61AH 12771887/88AH 13051860/61 (AH 1277) · Mâliye Nezareti mühürdarı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Hüdâvendigâr Eyaleti Tahrirat Müdürü · Bursa · age 31 · 2,750 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Eyalet tahrirat müdürü (meclis-i kebir başkatipliği ile) · Hüdavendigar eyaleti · age 31 · 2,750 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Teftiş Müdürü ve Tahsilat Müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 3,500 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Bab-ı Zaptiye teftiş müdürü (tahsisat müdürlüğü ile) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 3,500 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Bâb-ı Zabtiyye Zâbıta Müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 4,500 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Bab-ı Zaptiye zabıta müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 4,500 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Beyoğlu Mutasarrıfı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 8,000 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Beyoğlu mutasarrıfı · Beyoğlu · age 37 · 8,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Zabtiye Müşîriyeti Muavini ve Dersaadet Mutasarrıfı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 39 · 9,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Acara Kaymakamı · Acara · age 39 · 1,750 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Zaptiye müşiriyeti muavini (Dersaadet mutasarrıflığı ile) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 39 · 9,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · İcare kaymakamı · İcare · age 39 · 1,750 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Gümüşhane Mutasarrıfı · Gümüşhane · age 40 · 5,675 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Batum Mutasarrıfı · Batumi (Batum) · age 42 · 9,025 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Preveze Mutasarrıfı · Preveza (Preveze) · age 43 · 6,500 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Batum mutasarrıfı · Batumi (Batum) · age 43 · 9,025 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Preveze mutasarrıfı · Preveza (Preveze) · age 43 · 6,500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Debre Mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 45 · 7,500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Debre mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 45 · 7,500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Debre Mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 46 · 7,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Debre mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 46 · 7,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Debre Mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 47 · 7,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kosova Valisi · Kosova · age 47 · 27,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Debre mutasarrıfı · Debar (Debre) · age 47 · 7,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kosova valisi (Rumeli beylerbeyi payesi) · Kosova vilayeti · age 47 · 27,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kosova Valisi · Kosova · age 48 · 17,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Dersim Valisi · Dersim · age 48 · 12,500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kosova valisi (Rumeli beylerbeyi payesi) · Kosova vilayeti · age 48 · 27,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kosova valisi · Kosova vilayeti · age 48 · 17,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Dersim valisi · Dersim vilayeti · age 48 · 12,500 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Dersim Valisi · Dersim · age 49 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Dersim valisi · Dersim vilayeti · age 49 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Dersim Valisi · Dersim · age 50 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Dersim valisi · Dersim vilayeti · age 50 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Dersim Valisi · Dersim · age 51 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Dersim valisi · Dersim vilayeti · age 51 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Dersim Valisi · Dersim · age 52 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bitlis Valisi · Bitlis · age 52 · 15,000 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Dersim valisi · Dersim vilayeti · age 52 · 12,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Bitlis valisi · Bitlis vilayeti · age 52 · 15,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Bitlis valisi · Bitlis vilayeti · age 53 · 15,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Hakkâri Valisi · Hakkâri · age 54 · 12,500 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Hakkâri Valisi · Hakkâri · age 54 · 15,000 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Hakkâri Valisi · Hakkâri · age 55 · 15,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Hakkâri Valisi · Hakkâri · age 56 · 15,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Germili Karyesi [source]
Birth year
1833/34 (AH 1249) [source]
Father’s occupation
çiftlik sahibi [source]
Nationality or community
Kürt [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 158 [1] [2]DH_SAİDd_____00001_00080 [2]

Education and languages

Armenian
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; Çemişgezek ve Harput medreseleri [source]
Qualification
şehadetname yok [1] [2]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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

    Pages 45, 46

  2. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

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

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