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Sezai 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. 1878 (AH 1295)Mal Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)
  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 100 kuruş
  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakatiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 80; 100 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 19 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati · 3 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine) · 80; 230; 270 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 20 · 80 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidi · 3 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine) · 400; 550; 700 kuruş

    3. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 22 · 550 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 30 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 31 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 32 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 33 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 34 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 35 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630; 750 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 36 · 750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 36 · 630 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · 2 career entriesKomotini (Gümülcine) · Sultanyeri · 630 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 37 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar ihale memuru

      Sultanyeri · Calculated age 37

      [1]

  14. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 38 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 39 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 40 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 41 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 42 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 43 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 44 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 630; 725 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 45 · 630 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 45 · 725 kuruş

      [1]

  22. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine) · 600 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi

      Komotini (Gümülcine) · Calculated age 50 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  23. Undated entriesGörevin sona ermesi · 4 career entriesArdino (Eğridere) · Sultanyeri · Komotini (Gümülcine) · 600 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

03757501878/79AH 12961910/11AH 13281878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 18 · 100 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 19 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 19 · 80 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidliği refakati · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 20 · 80 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 20 · 230 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 20 · 270 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Mukayyidi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 22 · 400 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrirat Müdüriyeti muavini · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 22 · 700 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 22 · 550 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 30 · 750 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 31 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 32 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 33 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 34 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 35 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 36 · 750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 36 · 630 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 37 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 38 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 39 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 40 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 41 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 42 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 43 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 44 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 45 · 630 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 45 · 725 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi · Komotini (Gümülcine) · age 50 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Gümülcine [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 49/377 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Ermeni Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gümülcine [source]
First work year
1878 (AH 1295) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları

    ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 125, 126

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