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Tursi Beşaye 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. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruş
  2. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 26 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruş

    1. Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 0; 10; 50 kuruş

    1. Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tanzimat Dairesi kalfası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 10 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  7. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 50 kuruş

    1. Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 50 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Infisal

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

025501903/04AH 13211909/10AH 13271903/04 (AH 1321) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 0 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Tanzimat Dairesi kalfası (stajyer) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 0 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Sicil ve Fihrist Kalemi mülazımı (maaşsız) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Tanzimat Dairesi kalfası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 10 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 50 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Nafia ve Maarif Dairesi kalfası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 50 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Father’s occupation
terzi [source]
Nationality or community
Yahudi [source]
Religion
Musevi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00171/00182, s. 361 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
rüştiye şahadetname (en âlâ); idadi 3. seneye kadar, tasdikname [source]
Education
Hasköy Şule-i Maarif Rüştiyesi; Vefa İdadisi [source]
Education level equivalent
9 [source]3 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
0 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
1903/04 (AH 1321) [source]
Apprenticeship
5.07 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde İstanbul doğumlu Yahudi ve Rum devlet adamları

    AHMET SÜRMEN · 2011 · Pages 101, 102

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