Derviş Kemal Efendi
Born 1885/86 (AH 1303) · Varna · Dated entries 1910 to 1911 (AH 1328 to 1329)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/134; 252 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/134.
The life
Derviş Kemal Efendi was born in Varna in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The father’s occupation was Matbah-ı Âmire Nân-ı Aziz arabacısı. Schooling included Mahallî ibtidâî mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in İstanbul (Üsküdar) in 1910/11 (AH 1328). Dated career entries span 1910/11 (AH 1328) to 1911 (AH 1329) across 2 AH years, from İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi to İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi, beginning with Geçici görevli. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi. [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 3 · Varna
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Varna
Birth
2 1910/11 (AH 1328)
İstanbul (Üsküdar) / İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul (Üsküdar); İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
İstanbul (Üsküdar)
First work as recorded
Calculated age 25
İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
Geçici görevli
Calculated age 25
3 1911 (AH 1329)
İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
Geçici görevli
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Geçici görevli (İnfisal)
Calculated age 26
Recorded service ending
Üçüncü sınıf memur
300 kuruşCalculated age 26
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.
- Üçüncü sınıf memur · İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi · Undated · 400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
- İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi
2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- İstanbul, Üsküdar Tebhirhânesi300
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 titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Turkish
- Kitâbet [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]İbtidâî şehâdetnâmesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Mahallî ibtidâî mektebi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları
İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 84, 85
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/134; 252 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 184/134.
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.