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İsmail Seyfeddin Efendi

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. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Şafiye müdürü · 2 career entriesŞafiye · 600 kuruş

    1. Şafiye müdürü

      Şafiye · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Zebid naibi (İstifa) · 2 career entriesZabid (Zebid) · Mekke ve Medine

    2. Mekke ve Medine firâşetliği

      Mekke ve Medine · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  3. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Zebid naibi · 2 career entriesZabid (Zebid) · Hülle · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Zebid naibi

      Zabid (Zebid) · Calculated age 35 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Hülle naip vekili

      Hülle · Calculated age 35 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mutasarrıf vekili · 2 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Mutasarrıf vekili

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 36 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 36

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Zor merkez naibiZor · 2,500 kuruş

    1. Zor merkez naibi

      Zor · Calculated age 40 · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Zor merkez naibi · 2 career entriesZor · 2,500 kuruş

    1. Zor merkez naibi

      Zor · Calculated age 41 · 2,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 41

      [1]

  7. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Zor merkez naibiZor · 2,500 kuruş

    1. Zor merkez naibi

      Zor · Calculated age 44 · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Antalya naibiAntalya · 2,700 kuruş

    1. Antalya naibi

      Antalya · Calculated age 49 · 2,700 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Amasya naibiAmasya · 2,700 kuruş

    1. Amasya naibi

      Amasya · Calculated age 53 · 2,700 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Amasya naibiAmasya · 2,700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Amasya naibi

      Amasya · Calculated age 54 · 2,700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Amasya naibi · 2 career entriesAmasya · 2,700 kuruş

    1. Amasya naibi

      Amasya · Calculated age 55 · 2,700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 55

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesMedrese-i Nüvvab tahsilini tamamlama (Görevin sona ermesi) · 18 career entriesHülle · Has · Mekke ve Medine · Amasya · Jeddah (Cidde) · İzmit · Zabid (Zebid) · Kuvar · 800; 1,000; 2,500; 2,700 kuruş

    2. Fetva müdürü

      Hülle · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Has müdürü

      Has · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    4. İstifa

      [1]

    5. Görevin sona ermesi

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    7. Amasya naibi

      Amasya · 2,700 kuruş

      [1]

    9. İzmit naibi

      İzmit · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

    11. Azil

      [1]

    12. Mazuliyet

      [1]

    15. Tekaüt

      [1]

    17. Amasya naibi (İnfisal)

      Amasya

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01,3502,7001877/78AH 12941905/06AH 13231877/78 (AH 1294) · Şafiye müdürü · Şafiye · age 26 · 600 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Zebid naibi · Zabid (Zebid) · age 35 · 1,500 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Hülle naip vekili · Hülle · age 35 · 1,500 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Mutasarrıf vekili · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 36 · 1,500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Zor merkez naibi · Zor · age 40 · 2,500 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Zor merkez naibi · Zor · age 41 · 2,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Zor merkez naibi · Zor · age 44 · 2,500 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Antalya naibi · Antalya · age 49 · 2,700 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Amasya naibi · Amasya · age 53 · 2,700 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Amasya naibi · Amasya · age 54 · 2,700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Amasya naibi · Amasya · age 55 · 2,700 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Father’s occupation
Müderris [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SN.THR.50.74 [1]MŞH.SAİD.160.9.1 [1]BOA.BEO.4222.316577.2 [1]BOA.ŞD.3121.57.1 [1]BOA.İ.TAL.67.40 [1]BOA.İ.DH.1202.94062 [1]BOA.ŞD.3104.71 [1]BOA.ŞD.3132.51.2.3 [1]BOA.ŞD.3132.51.3 [1]BOA.ŞD.3120.51.6.2 [1]BOA.ŞD.3120.51.6 [1]BOA.ŞD.3120.51.7 [1]BOA.ŞD.3120.51.8/8.2 [1]BOA.ŞD.51.4.1 [1]MŞH.SAİD.108.9.8 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.12/3 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.12/1 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.18 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.20-21/1 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.29 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.31 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.36 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.7 [1]MŞH.SAİD.106.9.38 [1]MŞH.SAİD.9.8 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Persian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Kelam-ı kadim,resail-i iptidaiye;AtikHasanPaşada babasından veHümamAkdem müderrisiHüseyinSabriden ulum-ıaliye. [source]
Education
Mekâtib-i Âliye; Atik Hasan Paşa Camii Şerif Medresesi; Medrese-i Nüvvab [source]
Qualification
Ulûm-i âliye tahsili; Medrese-i Nüvvab tahsilini tamamlama [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hülle [source]
First-salary field
1000 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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. Meşihat arşivine göre İzmit uleması (1890-1919)

    CUMA BUĞDAYCI · 2023 · Pages 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95

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