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Osman Tahir 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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Tahrir kalemi stajyeriTokat

    1. Tahrir kalemi stajyeri

      Tokat · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Vergi kâtibiKomanat nahiyesi · 300 kuruş

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Komanat nahiyesi · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Vergi kâtibiKomanat nahiyesi · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Komanat nahiyesi · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Vergi kâtibiKomanat nahiyesi · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Komanat nahiyesi · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Vergi kâtibiKomanat nahiyesi · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Komanat nahiyesi · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Vergi kâtibiArtukabat nahiyesi

    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Artukabat nahiyesi · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesVukuat kitabeti refiki · 3 career entriesKazabad nahiyesi · 150; 250 kuruş

    1. Vukuat kitabeti refiki

      Kazabad nahiyesi · 150 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Tahrir-i vergi kitabeti refiki

      Kazabad nahiyesi · 250 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001888/89AH 13061891/92AH 13091888/89 (AH 1306) · Vergi kâtibi · Komanat nahiyesi · age 31 · 300 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Vergi kâtibi · Komanat nahiyesi · age 32 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Vergi kâtibi · Komanat nahiyesi · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vergi kâtibi · Komanat nahiyesi · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.d, nr.00009, s.759 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi [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
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tokat sancağı tahrir kalemi [source]
First work year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 375, 376

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