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Behram Paşa

Born 1842/43 (AH 1258) · Diyarbakır · Career evidence 1856 to 1896 (AH 1273 to 1313)

Follow 23 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1DiyarbakırSiverekHamaMa'an (Maan)MardinŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)HavranSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Siirt
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 23 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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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.

6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1842/43 (AH 1258)

    Diyarbakır

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Kürdistan Eyaleti Tahrirat Kalemi / Kürdistan Eyaleti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Kürdistan Eyaleti Tahrirat Kalemi; Kürdistan Eyaleti

    1. Kürdistan Eyaleti Tahrirat Kalemi

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Kürdistan Eyaleti

      Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 15

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1864/65 (AH 1281) · 3 recorded years

    Kürdistan Eyaleti

    AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Kürdistan Eyaleti

    1. Meclis-i Kebir azası

      Calculated age 23

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Meclis-i Kebir azası

      Calculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Kürdistan Eyaleti / Mamuretülaziz / Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Kürdistan Eyaleti; Mamuretülaziz; Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    1. Kürdistan Eyaleti

      Meclis-i Kebir azası

      Calculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Diyarbekir Vilayeti

      Meclis-i İdare azası

      Calculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Diyarbekir Vilayeti / Siverek

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    1. Diyarbekir Vilayeti

      Meclis-i İdare azası

      Calculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Siverek

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Siverek

    1. Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Siverek / Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    1. Siverek

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Diyarbekir Vilayeti

      Meclis-i İdare azası (intihabla)

      Calculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1871/72 (AH 1288) · 2 recorded years

    Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    AH entries: 1288, 1289. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    1. Meclis-i İdare azası (intihabla)

      Calculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare azası (intihabla)

      Calculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  9. 9

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Diyarbekir Vilayeti / Hama

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Diyarbekir Vilayeti

    1. Diyarbekir Vilayeti

      Meclis-i İdare azası (intihabla)

      Calculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Hama

      Mutasarrıf

      7,000 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Hama

    1. Mutasarrıf

      7,000 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  11. 11

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Hama / Ma'an (Maan)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Hama

      Mutasarrıf

      7,000 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Ma'an (Maan)

      Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  12. 12

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Ma'an (Maan)

    1. Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  13. 13

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Ma'an (Maan) / Mardin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Ma'an (Maan)

      Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mardin

      Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  14. 14

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Mardin / Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mardin

      Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

      Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  15. 15

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

    Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mutasarrıf

      6,500 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mutasarrıf (İstifa)

      Calculated age 39

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  16. 16

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 2 recorded years

    Mardin

    AH entries: 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mutasarrıf vekili

      2,925 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  17. 17

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Mardin / Havran

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mardin

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Havran

      Mutasarrıf

      5,000 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  18. 18

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 2 recorded years

    Havran

    AH entries: 1304, 1305. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mutasarrıf

      5,000 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mutasarrıf (İstifa)

      Calculated age 47

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  19. 19
    1. Mutasarrıf (Azil)

      Calculated age 50

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  20. 20

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 2 recorded years

    Mardin

    AH entries: 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mutasarrıf

      5,850 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mutasarrıf (Azil)

      Calculated age 52

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  21. 21

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Place not recorded

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Tekaüt

      1,462 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 53

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  22. 22

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Kosova/Manastır, Selanik, Yanya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Kosova/Manastır, Selanik, Yanya

    1. Heyet-i tahkikiye azası

      5,000 kuruşCalculated age 54

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Heyet-i tahkikiye azası (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 54

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  23. 23

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Lazistan / Siirt

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Lazistan

    1. Lazistan

      Mutasarrıf

      6,000 kuruşCalculated age 55

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Siirt

      Mutasarrıf

      7,500 kuruşCalculated age 55

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other 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

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. 1877 to 1893 (AH 1294 to 1310)
  2. Diyarbekir Vilayeti6
    1867 to 1874 (AH 1284 to 1290)
  3. Kürdistan Eyaleti5
    1856 to 1868 (AH 1273 to 1284)
  4. 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
  5. 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  6. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294)

The six most recorded places. 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. Mardin2,925 to 6,500
  2. Hama7,000
  3. Havran5,000
  4. Siverek2,250 to 2,500

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1873 to 1896 (AH 1290 to 1313)
  2. 1870 to 1874 (AH 1287 to 1290)
  3. 1864 to 1868 (AH 1281 to 1284)
  4. 1868 to 1871 (AH 1285 to 1287)
  5. 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)
  6. 1867 to 1884 (AH 1284 to 1301)

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
Diyarbakır[source]Diyarbekir[1]
Birth province
Diyarbakır[source]
Birth year
1842/43 (AH 1258)[source]

Other recorded details

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

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm[source]
Persian
Tekellüm[source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet[source][1]
Education
Mekatib-i sıbyaniye; muallim-i mahsus[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kürdistan Eyaleti Tahrirat Kalemi[source]
First work year
1856/57 (AH 1273)[source]
Apprenticeship
7.333[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahval defterlerinde Diyarbekirli yöneticiler

    İSHAK ŞİMŞEK · 2013 · Pages 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

Read the original source accounts · 51 source entries →

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 29 dated years

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