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Ahmet Mazhar Bey

Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Prizren · Career evidence 1887 to 1894 (AH 1305 to 1311)

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1PrizrenIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 4 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Prizren

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Maliye Bakanlığı Genel Muhasebe Büyük Defter Şubesi stajyeri

      Calculated age 20

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1890/91 (AH 1308) · 3 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    1. Dâhiliye Bakanlığı Yazı İşleri Birimi stajyeri

      Calculated age 23

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Dâhiliye Bakanlığı Yazı İşleri Birimi stajyeri

      Calculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Dâhiliye Bakanlığı Yazı İşleri Birimi stajyeri

      Calculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Cezayir

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Cezayir

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Dâhiliye Bakanlığı Yazı İşleri Birimi stajyeri

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Cezayir

      Yabancı İşleri Tahriratı Türkiye Başkâtibi

      700 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03507001893/94AH 13111893/94 (AH 1311) · 700 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1887 to 1894 (AH 1305 to 1311)
  2. Cezayir1
    1893/94 (AH 1311)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Cezayir700

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)
  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)
  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Prizren[source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285)[source]
Father’s occupation
Prizren mutasarrıfı[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30[1]BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30; 441 BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30.; 442 BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30.[1]

Education and languages

French
Aşina[source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet[source]
Education
Prizren İbtidai Mektebi; İstanbul Fatih Askerî Rüştiyesi[source]
Education level equivalent
7[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Diploma alamadı[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul[source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305)[source]
Apprenticeship
2[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kosova doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları (1834-1889)

    DÖNDÜ DOĞAN · 2025 · Pages 123, 124

    BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30; BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30; 441 BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30.; 442 BOA. DH. SAİD. 78/30.

Read the original source accounts · 8 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 5 dated years

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How to read the records

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