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AHMED SEZAİ EFENDİ

Born 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Varna · Career evidence 1888 to 1903 (AH 1306 to 1320)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475; 244 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475.

Dates are shown with Gregorian spans and the recorded AH year. Select a dated entry to find its place and amount.

  1. 1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Birth

    Varna

  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

    First work as recorded

    Ayvalık

  1. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü kalemi mülazımıAyvalık

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  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü kalemi mülazımı · 5 career entriesAyvalık · Emrudabad · Ayazmend · 300 kuruş

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  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · 2 career entriesAyazmend · Ayvalık · 250; 300 kuruş

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  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibiAyvalık · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesAyvalık · 250; 300; 400 kuruş

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  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibiAyvalık · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesAyvalık · Beylik · 400 kuruş

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  8. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibiAyvalık · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  9. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesAyvalık · Bozcaada · 400 kuruş

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  10. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · 2 career entriesAyvalık · 400; 500 kuruş

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  11. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık eminiAyvalık · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  12. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık eminiAyvalık · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  13. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık emini · 2 career entriesAyvalık · 500 kuruş

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  14. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili · 4 career entriesAyazmend · 166; 300 kuruş

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

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

02505001889/90AH 13071896/97AH 13141902/03AH 13201889/90 (AH 1307) · Memlaha muvakkat kâtibi · Emrudabad · age 21 · 300 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Ayazmend · age 21 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Ayazmend · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 22 · 250 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 23 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü dördüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 24 · 300 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 24 · 400 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü üçüncü kâtibi · Ayvalık · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık emini · Ayvalık · age 29 · 500 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık emini · Ayvalık · age 30 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık emini · Ayvalık · age 31 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü sandık emini · Ayvalık · age 32 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Askerlik nedeniyle ara · age 32 · 500 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili · Ayazmend · age 34 · 166 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Ayazmend · age 34 · 300 kuruş

Points show amounts attached to dated career entries, including labelled continuing-service and reconstructed years. Separate rates within a year remain separate; the points do not measure annual receipts or total earnings.

Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

VarnaBozcaadaAyvalık
VarnaBozcaadaAyvalık

All recorded places. Select a career entry or pay point to highlight its place.

Not drawn. No position recorded: Emrudabad, Ayazmend, Beylik.

  • Ayvalık
  • Emrudabad · location retained as text
  • Ayazmend · location retained as text
  • Beylik · location retained as text
  • Bozcaada

Some locality or province names have no agreed point position. They remain in the chronology and list; they are not placed at a guessed provincial capital.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

VarnaSupporting accounts

Birth province

TunaSupporting accounts

Birth year

1869/70 (AH 1286)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

Prevadi kazası eski mal müdürüSupporting accounts

Archive references

BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475; 244 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475.[1]

Education and languages

Turkish

KitâbetSupporting accounts

okur yazar[1]

Education

Sıbyan MektebiSupporting accounts

Education level equivalent

4Supporting accounts

The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

20Supporting accounts

Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place

AyvalıkSupporting accounts

First work year

1888/89 (AH 1306)Supporting accounts

Apprenticeship

0.08333333333333333Supporting accounts

Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 71, 72

    BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475; 244 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 56/475.

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