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İrfan Bey

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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Bâb-ı Âli Tahrirat-ı Ecnebiye Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryasıKorfu · 750 kuruş
    1. Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası

      Korfu · Calculated age 18 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  3. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryasıKorfu · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası

      Korfu · Calculated age 19 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryasıKorfu · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası

      Korfu · Calculated age 20 · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Trabzon vilayeti tercümanıTrabzon · 1,140 kuruş
    1. Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı

      Trabzon · Calculated age 21 · 1,140 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1878 (AH 1295)Trabzon vilayeti tercümanıTrabzon · 1,140 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı

      Trabzon · Calculated age 22 · 1,140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Trabzon vilayeti tercümanıTrabzon · 1,140 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı

      Trabzon · Calculated age 23 · 1,140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Trabzon vilayeti tercümanıTrabzon · 1,140 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı

      Trabzon · Calculated age 24 · 1,140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Trabzon vilayeti tercümanıTrabzon · 1,140 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı

      Trabzon · Calculated age 25 · 1,140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Yenişehir şehbenderiYenişehir · 2,000 kuruş
    1. Yenişehir şehbenderi

      Yenişehir · Calculated age 26 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  11. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Londra Sefareti başkâtibiLondra · 3,000 kuruş
    1. Londra Sefareti başkâtibi

      Londra · Calculated age 32 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Londra Sefareti başkâtibi · 3 career entriesLondra · 1,200; 3,000 kuruş
    1. Londra Sefareti başkâtibi

      Londra · Calculated age 33 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 33

      [1]

    3. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 33 · 1,200 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

  13. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Tahran Sefareti müsteşarıTahran · 3,600 kuruş
    1. Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı

      Tahran · Calculated age 34 · 3,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  14. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Tahran Sefareti müsteşarıTahran · 3,600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı

      Tahran · Calculated age 35 · 3,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Tahran Sefareti müsteşarıTahran · 3,600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı

      Tahran · Calculated age 36 · 3,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Tahran Sefareti müsteşarıTahran · 3,600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı

      Tahran · Calculated age 37 · 3,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · 3 career entriesTahran · 900; 3,600 kuruş
    1. Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı

      Tahran · Calculated age 38 · 3,600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

    3. Mazuliyet

      · Calculated age 38 · 900 kuruş · career status entry

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,8003,6001874/75AH 12911893/94AH 13111874/75 (AH 1291) · Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası · Korfu · age 18 · 750 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası · Korfu · age 19 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Korfu Başşehbenderhanesi kançılaryası · Korfu · age 20 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı · Trabzon · age 21 · 1,140 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı · Trabzon · age 22 · 1,140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı · Trabzon · age 23 · 1,140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı · Trabzon · age 24 · 1,140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Trabzon vilayeti tercümanı · Trabzon · age 25 · 1,140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Yenişehir şehbenderi · Yenişehir · age 26 · 2,000 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Londra Sefareti başkâtibi · Londra · age 32 · 3,000 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Londra Sefareti başkâtibi · Londra · age 33 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Mazuliyet · age 33 · 1,200 kuruş · Career status entry1889/90 (AH 1307) · Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · Tahran · age 34 · 3,600 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · Tahran · age 35 · 3,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · Tahran · age 36 · 3,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · Tahran · age 37 · 3,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tahran Sefareti müsteşarı · Tahran · age 38 · 3,600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mazuliyet · age 38 · 900 kuruş · Career status entry

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Selanik [source]
Birth province
Selanik [source]
Birth year
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
Father’s occupation
Selanik vilayeti tomruk kâtibi [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]
Italian
Kitâbet [source]
Persian
Aşina [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Yusufpaşa Çeşmesi Sıbyan Mektebi; Davutpaşa Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [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
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Apprenticeship
1 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 221, 222

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