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Ali Efendi

Born 1842/43 (AH 1258) · Bilecik · Career evidence 1863 to 1890 (AH 1280 to 1307)

Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257; 64 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257.

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Follow 11 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1BilecikOsmaneli (Lefke)SöğütEskişehir
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

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

  1. 1

    1842/43 (AH 1258)

    Bilecik

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Bilecik

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Müzayede Müdüriyeti müzayede kâtibi

      120 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1864/65 (AH 1281) · 7 recorded years

    Bilecik

    AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Gümrük İdaresi kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Gümrük Müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Gümrük Müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Bilecik / Osmaneli (Lefke)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Bilecik

      Gümrük Müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Osmaneli (Lefke)

      Gümrük İdaresi sandık emini

      250 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1872/73 (AH 1289) · 3 recorded years

    Osmaneli (Lefke)

    AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Gümrük İdaresi sandık emini

      250 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Gümrük İdaresi sandık emini

      250 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Gümrük memuru

      465 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Gümrük memuru

      465 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Osmaneli (Lefke) / Bilecik

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Osmaneli (Lefke)

      Gümrük memuru

      465 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Bilecik

      Gümrük Müdürlüğü başkâtibi

      720 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1876/77 (AH 1293) · 3 recorded years

    Bilecik

    AH entries: 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Gümrük Müdürlüğü başkâtibi

      720 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Gümrük Müdürlüğü başkâtibi

      720 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Gümrük Müdürlüğü başkâtibi

      720 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Gümrük Müdürlüğü başkâtibi (İstifa)

      Calculated age 37

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  8. 8

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Ak karyesi

    Kept as text: Ak karyesi

    1. Gümrük memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  9. 9

    1885/86 (AH 1303) · 3 recorded years

    Söğüt

    AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  10. 10

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Söğüt / Yenişehir

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Yenişehir

    1. Söğüt

      Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Yenişehir

      Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 48

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  11. 11

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Yenişehir / Eskişehir

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Yenişehir

    1. Yenişehir

      Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Eskişehir

      Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi kâtibi

      450 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Entry & evidence →[1]

2 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
03607201863/64AH 12801877/78AH 12941889/90AH 13071863/64 (AH 1280) · 120 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · 300 kuruş1864/65 (AH 1281) · 300 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · 300 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · 300 kuruş1866/67 (AH 1283) · 250 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · 250 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · 250 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · 250 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · 250 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · 250 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 250 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · 250 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · 250 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · 250 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · 465 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 465 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 465 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 720 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 720 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · 720 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 720 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 250 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 450 kuruş

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● 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. 1863 to 1878 (AH 1280 to 1295)
  2. 1871 to 1876 (AH 1288 to 1292)
  3. 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)
  4. Yenişehir2
    1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)
  5. Ak karyesi1
    1882/83 (AH 1300)
  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)

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. Bilecik120 to 720
  4. Yenişehir400
  5. Ak karyesi250

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. 1863 to 1870 (AH 1280 to 1286)
  2. 1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307)
  3. 1873 to 1883 (AH 1290 to 1300)
  4. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)
  5. 1871 to 1874 (AH 1288 to 1290)
  6. 1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

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
Bilecik[source]
Birth year
1842/43 (AH 1258)[source]
Father’s occupation
Ambar kâtibi[source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257; 64 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257.[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okuryazar[1]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bilecik[source]
First-salary field
120 kuruş (personal first-salary field)[source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları

    MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 46, 47

    BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257; 64 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 61, s.257.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 22 dated years

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