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Ahmed Besim Efendi

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Archive reference: 126 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00101,s.191

Biographical account

Born in Sivas, 1853/54 (AH 1270). Education included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi. First work is recorded at Sivas vilayeti tahrirat kalemi in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Career entries include Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri; Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi). The surviving career entries cover 1868/69 (AH 1285) to 1898/99 (AH 1316).

This account may describe an official already represented in the collection.

Career across the sources

24 career entries across 15 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Salary amounts

Amounts in kuruş. Separate points can represent different posts within one year.

Places in this career

SivasSuşehriGürünDarendeHafik (Koçhisar)Yıldızeli (Yenihan)KoyulhisarPınarbaşı (Aziziye)Divriği

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
15Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas
Source-bounded service16Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas
Source-bounded service17Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas
Source-bounded service18Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas
Source-bounded service19Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas
Service ending20Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Sivas

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

24 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas[1]
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas[1]
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas[1]
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas[1]
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeriSivas[1]
Tahrirat kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Sivas[1]
Tahrirat kâtibiGürün235[1]
Tahrirat kâtibiDarende235[1]
Muhasebe kalemi stajyeriFinance and revenueSivas[1]
Kaza MüdürüHafik (Koçhisar)300[1]
Kaza müdürü (İstifa)Hafik (Koçhisar)[1]
Kaza müdürü (Nakil)Darende[1]
Mal MüdürüYıldızeli (Yenihan)360[1]
Darende memurluğu (İnfisal)Darende[1]
Mal MüdürüGürün450[1]
Kaza MüdürüKoyulhisar450[1]
Mal MüdürüTonus600[1]
Mal MüdürüPınarbaşı (Aziziye)600[1]
Mal MüdürüDivriği540[1]
Mal MüdürüHafik (Koçhisar)540[1]
Mal MüdürüSuşehri540[1]
Kaza MüdürüDarende450[1]
Azil[1]
Mal MüdürüTonus600[1]

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları (NESLİHAN EROL, 2022). Pages 99, 100, 101

    Archive references: 126 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00101,s.191; DH.SAİD.d,nr.00101,s.191

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas
Birth province
Sivas
Birth year as recorded
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Age at first service
15
First work place as recorded
Sivas vilayeti tahrirat kalemi
First work year as recorded
1868/69 (AH 1285)

Education and languages

Apprenticeship as recorded
5
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Sıbyan mektebi; Rüştiye mektebi
Education level (coded)
7

Honours and legal record

Judicial record (recorded code)
1

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