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Receb 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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgrafhane mülazımıÜsküdar Telgrafhanesi
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 18

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgrafhane mülazımıÜsküdar TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgrafhane mülazımıÜsküdar TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgrafhane mülazımıÜsküdar TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgrafhane mülazımıÜsküdar TelgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 3 career entriesÜsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Ürgüp · 300 kuruş
    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Üsküdar Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruÜrgüp · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · 300 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Ürgüp · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruGotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruGotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruGotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesGotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · Serres (Siroz) · 200; 300 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      Serres (Siroz) · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  12. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · 2 career entriesSerres (Siroz) · 200; 250 kuruş
    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi

      Serres (Siroz) · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      Serres (Siroz) · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001901/02AH 13191907/08AH 13251901/02 (AH 1319) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Ürgüp · age 23 · 300 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Ürgüp · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · age 24 · 300 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · age 26 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · age 27 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · Serres (Siroz) · age 28 · 200 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi posta kâtibi · Serres (Siroz) · age 29 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru · Serres (Siroz) · age 29 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth province
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 118/171 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 118/171, s. 339 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddemat-ı ulûm; sarf ve nahiv, Gülistan, hesap, coğrafya, hendese [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Paşa Kapı Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [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
Üsküdar [source]
First work year
1896/97 (AH 1314) [source]
Apprenticeship
5 [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 görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 294, 295

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