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Daver Sabri Efendi

Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Basra · Dated entries 1887 to 1898 (AH 1305 to 1315)

Languages Arabic, Armenian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.855

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1Basra
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Basra

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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.

  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Basra

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Basra

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. Vilayet meclis-i idare kalemi görevlisi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 17

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1888/89 (AH 1306) · 10 recorded years

    Basra

    AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Vilayet meclis-i idare kalemi görevlisi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

    2. Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat Kalemi başkatibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 27

    All 14 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1887 to 1898 (AH 1305 to 1315)

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. Basra25 to 600

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. 1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314)
  2. 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
  3. 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)
  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Mahalli sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Armenian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 84, 85

    BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.855

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated years

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