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Ali Efendi (Topaloğlu)②

Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Career evidence 1891 to 1902 (AH 1309 to 1319)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 143-033

Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)FSoufli (Sofulu)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 8 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. On Birinci Süvari Alayı gönüllü askeri

      Calculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Place not recorded

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Görevin sona ermesi

      Calculated age 25

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Derbend-i Sağir / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Derbend-i Sağir; Location not recorded

    1. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi

      450 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Place not recorded

      Müskirat-ı Atika yoklama memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Place not recorded

      Müskirat-ı Atika yoklama memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Place not recorded

      İkinci Kol Müskirat İstimare memuru

      425 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Derbend-i Sağir / Soufli (Sofulu) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Derbend-i Sağir; Location not recorded

    1. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi

      450 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Place not recorded

      Müskirat-ı Atika yoklama memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Place not recorded

      Müskirat-ı Atika yoklama memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Place not recorded

      Birinci Kol Tecdid-i İstimare memuru

      Calculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Place not recorded

      Birinci Kol Tecdid-i İstimare memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 27

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Soufli (Sofulu) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi

      Calculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Place not recorded

      İkinci Kol istimare memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Place not recorded

      İkinci Kol istimare memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Atik Müskirat İstimare memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Atik Müskirat İstimare memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Birinci Kol Cedid-i Müskirat İstimare memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Birinci Kol Cedid-i Müskirat İstimare memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  8. 8

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Soufli (Sofulu) / Derbend-i Sağir / Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Derbend-i Sağir

    1. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Merkez Aşar memurluğu muavini (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi

      450 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Derbend-i Sağir

      Harir Mizan katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Harir Mancınık katibi (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Birinci Kol istimare memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Soufli (Sofulu)

      Birinci Kol istimare memuru (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

      Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi katibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Entry & evidence →[1]

9 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.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02254501896/97AH 13141899/1900AH 13171901/02AH 13191896/97 (AH 1314) · 450 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 200 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 425 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · 450 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · 250 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · 200 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · 350 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 200 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 400 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 450 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 200 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 350 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 250 kuruş

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. Derbend-i Sağir3
    1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)
  2. 1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)
  3. 1891 to 1902 (AH 1309 to 1319)

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. Derbend-i Sağir450
  2. Soufli (Sofulu)200 to 350

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. 1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)
  2. 1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)
  3. 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)
  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka[source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288)[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 143-033[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded[source]Diploma[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sofulu İbtidai; Dimetoka Rüşdiyesi[source]
Education level equivalent
7[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Sofulu[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 107, 108

    BOA. DH. SAİDd. 143-033

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated years

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