Debdebezâde İshak Hakkı Efendi
Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Elbistan · Dated entries 1869 to 1903 (AH 1286 to 1320)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 18/249; 49 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 18/249.
The life
Debdebezâde İshak Hakkı Efendi was born in Elbistan in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The father’s occupation was Nâib. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; hususi muallim. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Muş in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 21 AH years, from Muş to Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh), beginning with Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı and ending with entries for Kaymakam. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Muş, Istanbul (Dersaadet), Mardin and Dersim and 9 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 21 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.
Stage 1 of 21 · Elbistan
How to read this map
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1852/53 (AH 1269)
Elbistan
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 17
3 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Muş
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
4 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Muş / Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Maliye Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye Muhasebesi mülâzımı
30 kuruşCalculated age 19
5 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Mardin
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Maliye Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye Muhasebesi mülâzımı
30 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 20
6 Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 22
Continuing service as described
7 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Mardin / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tahrirat kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 23
8 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years
Dersim
AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Dersim
Vilayet meclis-i idaresi başkâtibi
700 kuruşCalculated age 32
Vilayet meclis-i idaresi başkâtibi
700 kuruşCalculated age 33
Continuing service as described
9 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Dersim / Mazgirt
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dersim
Dersim
Vilayet meclis-i idaresi başkâtibi
700 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat müdürü
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 34
10 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Mazgirt / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Tahrirat müdürü
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 35
11 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)
Kaymakam
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 38
12 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Adıyaman (Hısnımansur) / Akçadağ
Within-year entry order unresolved
13 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Akçadağ / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
14 Kaymakam vekili
875 kuruşCalculated age 41
Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 41
Recorded service ending
15 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Andırın
Kaymakam vekili
625 kuruşCalculated age 42
16 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Andırın / Kelkit
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kelkit
17 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Azil
Calculated age 44
18 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Mazgirt
Kaymakam
1,250 kuruşCalculated age 45
19 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Suşehri
Kaymakam
990 kuruşCalculated age 48
20 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Al-Qurnah (Kurna)
Kaymakam
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 49
21 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)
Kaymakam
2,250 kuruşCalculated age 51
11 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.
- Açığa çıkarılma · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Mazgirt · Undated · 1,125 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Mazgirt · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam (İnfisal) · Mazgirt · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Besni · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Suşehri · Undated · 990 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam (İnfisal) · Suşehri · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam · Kozan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaymakam (İnfisal) · Kozan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaza kaymakamı (Açığa çıkarılma) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Kaza kaymakamı (Azil) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
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 amountsSelect 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 entriesThe 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- Dersim700
- Mazgirt1,000 to 1,250
- Akçadağ1,250
- Al-Qurnah (Kurna)2,250
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 titleThe 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; hususi muallim [source]
Qualification İkinci sınıf kaymakamlığa ehliyet [1]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar
ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 18/249; 49 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 18/249.
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