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Halil Feyzi Bey

Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Eğriboz · Dated entries 1881 to 1907 (AH 1299 to 1324)

Languages French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Russian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 18, Gömlek No. 28, 2-3

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 11 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)Batumi (Batum)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 11 · Eğriboz

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.

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

  1. 1

    1858/59 (AH 1275)

    Eğriboz

    Not yet located on the map: Eğriboz

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / İstanbul, Galata

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Galata

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 24

    2. İstanbul, Galata

      Galata Rüsumat Emaneti umumî teftiş muavini

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 24

  3. 3

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    İstanbul, Galata / Place not recorded / Eğriboz

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Galata; Location not recorded; Eğriboz

    1. İstanbul, Galata

      Galata Rüsumat Emaneti umumî teftiş muavini

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    2. Eğriboz

      Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 25

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 4 recorded years

    Eğriboz

    AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Eğriboz

    1. Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Eğriboz / Bar ve Ülgün

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Eğriboz; Bar ve Ülgün

    1. Eğriboz

      Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bar ve Ülgün

      Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 30

  6. 6

    1888/89 (AH 1306) · 4 recorded years

    Bar ve Ülgün

    AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Bar ve Ülgün

    1. Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Bar ve Ülgün / Rostov

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bar ve Ülgün; Rostov

    1. Bar ve Ülgün

      Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Rostov

      Şehbender

      Calculated age 35

  8. 8

    1893/94 (AH 1311) · 9 recorded years

    Rostov

    AH entries: 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Rostov

    1. Şehbender

      Calculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Şehbender

      Calculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Rostov / Batumi (Batum)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Rostov

    1. Rostov

      Şehbender

      Calculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

    2. Batumi (Batum)

      Başşehbender

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 45

  10. 10

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 3 recorded years

    Batumi (Batum)

    AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

    1. Başşehbender

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

    2. Başşehbender

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Batumi (Batum) / Liverpool

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Liverpool

    1. Batumi (Batum)

      Başşehbender

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    2. Liverpool

      Başşehbender

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 49

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.

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. Rostov11
    1892 to 1903 (AH 1310 to 1320)
  2. Bar ve Ülgün6
    1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310)
  3. Eğriboz6
    1882 to 1888 (AH 1300 to 1305)
  4. 1902 to 1907 (AH 1320 to 1324)
  5. İstanbul, Galata2
    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
  6. Liverpool1
    1906/07 (AH 1324)

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. Bar ve Ülgün2,000
  2. Eğriboz2,000
  3. İstanbul, Galata1,500
  4. Liverpool2,700

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. 1882 to 1903 (AH 1300 to 1320)
  2. 1902 to 1907 (AH 1320 to 1324)
  3. 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 Yunan mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • French · Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
  • Italian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
  • Rum (as recorded) · Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
  • Russian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
  • Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 191, 192, 193

    BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 18, Gömlek No. 28, 2-3.

Read the original source accounts · 32 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 26 dated years

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