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Ġsmail Safa 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Mesârifât İdaresi memuru · 4 career entriesEvkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti · Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 100; 150; 400 kuruş

    1. Mesârifât İdaresi memuru

      Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Müntehi sınıfı Edebiyat-ı Osmaniye muallimi

      Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

    3. Mesârifât İdaresi memuru (İstifa)

      Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti · Calculated age 21

      [1]

    4. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 150; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 22 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 400; 450 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 24 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 25 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 26 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 450; 500 kuruş

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 27 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 500; 680 kuruş

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 29 · 680 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 680 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 30 · 680 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 612; 680 kuruş

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 31 · 680 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 31 · 612 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 612 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 32 · 612 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 612; 712 kuruş

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 33 · 612 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 33 · 712 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Meclis Kalemi müsevvidiTelgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · 712; 800 kuruş

    1. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 34 · 712 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi

      Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · Calculated age 34 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesİkamete memurSivas · 2,500 kuruş

    1. İkamete memur

      Sivas · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001886/87AH 13041899/1900AH 13171886/87 (AH 1304) · Mesârifât İdaresi memuru · Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti · age 21 · 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Müntehi sınıfı Edebiyat-ı Osmaniye muallimi · Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülki · age 21 · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 21 · 150 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 22 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 22 · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 24 · 450 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 25 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 26 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 27 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 27 · 500 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 29 · 680 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 30 · 680 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 31 · 680 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 31 · 612 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 32 · 612 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 33 · 612 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 33 · 712 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 34 · 712 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Meclis Kalemi müsevvidi · Telgraf ve Posta Nezâreti · age 34 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth province
Hicaz [source]
Birth year
1866/67 (AH 1283) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 65/155, s. 155 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
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
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti [source]
First-salary field
100 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
1886/87 (AH 1304) [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 164, 165

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