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Selim Sabit 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)Galata Postanesi mekatib-i mevrude memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02004001903/04AH 13211903/04 (AH 1321) · Galata Postanesi mekatib-i mevrude memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 19 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
dagistan [source]Dağıstan [1]
Birth year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 143/13 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Darüşşafaka şehadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Darüşşafaka: şehadetname ile mezuniyet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Darüşşafaka [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
400 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]

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 Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 291, 292

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