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Osman Burhan 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. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıHicaz

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

      Hicaz · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · 2 career entriesHicaz · 36 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 19 · 36 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Hicaz · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz · 27; 62 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 20 · 27 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 20 · 62 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  4. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · 3 career entriesHicaz · 62; 100; 120 kuruş

    1. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 62 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 21 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refikiHicaz · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki

      Hicaz · Calculated age 22 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 120 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 23 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 120; 150 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 24 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 24 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 150; 240 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 25 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 25 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 26 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 27 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 270 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 28 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 270 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 29 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Medine mukayyidliği refikiMedina (Medine) · 300 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Medine mukayyidliği refiki · 2 career entriesMedina (Medine) · 300 kuruş

    1. Medine mukayyidliği refiki

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001879/80AH 12971894/95AH 13121879/80 (AH 1297) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Hicaz · age 19 · 36 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Hicaz · age 20 · 27 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Hicaz · age 20 · 62 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi · Hicaz · age 21 · 62 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki · Hicaz · age 21 · 100 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki · Hicaz · age 21 · 120 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Şevne mukayyidliği ikinci refiki · Hicaz · age 22 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 23 · 120 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 24 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 24 · 150 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 25 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 25 · 240 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 26 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 27 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 28 · 270 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 29 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 33 · 300 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Medine mukayyidliği refiki · Medina (Medine) · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 30/465, s.465 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm-ı diniyye [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hicaz [source]
First work year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 258, 259

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