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Nikola 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. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAleppo (Halep) · 150 kuruş
  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAleppo (Halep) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 22 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · 2 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 150 kuruş
    1. Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe Kalemi maiyeti

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 23 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  4. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Muhasebe Kalemi maiyeti · 2 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · Ebukalfal · 150; 500 kuruş
    1. Muhasebe Kalemi maiyeti

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 24 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi

      Ebukalfal · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi · 2 career entriesEbukalfal · Menbiç · 500 kuruş
    1. Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi

      Ebukalfal · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibiMenbiç · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesMenbiç · 500; 800 kuruş
    1. Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 27 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 28 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 29 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 30 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 31 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesMenbiç · Ebukalfal · 800 kuruş
    1. Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi

      Menbiç · Calculated age 32 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi

      Ebukalfal · Calculated age 32 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibiEbukalfal · 800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi

      Ebukalfal · Calculated age 33 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesEbukalfal · Antakya · 800 kuruş
    1. Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi

      Ebukalfal · Calculated age 34 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuru

      Antakya · Calculated age 34 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001885/86AH 13031898/99AH 13161885/86 (AH 1303) · Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Aleppo (Halep) · age 21 · 150 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Aleppo (Halep) · age 22 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi · Aleppo (Halep) · age 23 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe Kalemi maiyeti · Aleppo (Halep) · age 23 · 150 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Muhasebe Kalemi maiyeti · Aleppo (Halep) · age 24 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi · Ebukalfal · age 24 · 500 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi · Ebukalfal · age 25 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 25 · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 27 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 27 · 800 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 28 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 29 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 30 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 31 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibi · Menbiç · age 32 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi · Ebukalfal · age 32 · 800 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi · Ebukalfal · age 33 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibi · Ebukalfal · age 34 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuru · Antakya · age 34 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
Halep Ticaret Mahkemesi tercümanı [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
Turkish
hâkim [source]
Education
Halep millet mektebi [source]

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
Halep [source]
First-salary field
150 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
1885/86 (AH 1303) [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 kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 63, 64

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