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Said Lütfi 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. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Rüşdiye diploması (Görevin sona ermesi)
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 60 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 19 · 60 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Vergi kâtibiEnez (İnoz) · 500 kuruş
    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 37 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Vergi kâtibiEnez (İnoz) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 38 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Vergi kâtibi · 2 career entriesEnez (İnoz) · 500 kuruş
    1. Vergi kâtibi

      Enez (İnoz) · Calculated age 39 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Azil

      · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesTahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · 3 career entriesDidymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 200; 250 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02505001882/83AH 13001902/03AH 13201882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 19 · 60 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Vergi kâtibi · Enez (İnoz) · age 37 · 500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Vergi kâtibi · Enez (İnoz) · age 38 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Vergi kâtibi · Enez (İnoz) · age 39 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka [source]
Birth province
Edirne [source]
Birth year
1864/65 (AH 1281) [source]
Father’s occupation
Dimetoka Kazası Mahkeme-i Şeriye kâtibi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 132-46 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Dimetoka Sıbyan Mektebi; rüşdiye [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
Dimetoka [source]

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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 171, 172

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