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Osman Refet 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. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Maiyyet memuruKosova · 500 kuruş
    1. Maiyyet memuru

      Kosova · Calculated age 24 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Maiyyet memuruKosova · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Maiyyet memuru

      Kosova · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Maiyyet memuruKosova · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Maiyyet memuru

      Kosova · Calculated age 26 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Maiyyet memuru · 2 career entriesKosova · 500 kuruş
    1. Maiyyet memuru

      Kosova · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Maiyyet memuru (İnfisal)

      Kosova · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  5. 1909/10 (AH 1327)KaymakamNova Varoš (Yenivaroş) · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş) · Calculated age 28 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  6. 1911 (AH 1329)KaymakamGönen · 1,500 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Gönen · Calculated age 30 · 1,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  7. Undated entriesKaymakam · 4 career entriesNova Varoš (Yenivaroş) · Devrek · 750; 1,250 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam (Azil)

      Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş)

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Devrek · 750 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Kaymakam (İnfisal)

      Devrek

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001905/06AH 13231911AH 13291905/06 (AH 1323) · Maiyyet memuru · Kosova · age 24 · 500 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Maiyyet memuru · Kosova · age 25 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1907/08 (AH 1325) · Maiyyet memuru · Kosova · age 26 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Maiyyet memuru · Kosova · age 27 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · Kaymakam · Nova Varoš (Yenivaroş) · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Kaymakam · Gönen · age 30 · 1,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çorum [source]
Birth province
Ankara [source]
Birth year
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bolu Sancağı Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi [source]
Archive references
DH. SAID 163/241 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
yazar [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
yazar [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması; idadi ve Mülkiyye diplomaları iyi derece [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Davut Paşa Rüştiyesi; Vefa İdadisi; Mekteb-i Mülkiyye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kosova [source]
First-salary field
500 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
1905/06 (AH 1323) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Çorumlu devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    HAYRETTİN ÖRS · 2019 · Pages 110, 111, 112

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