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Osman 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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş
    1. Polis mülazemeti

      · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Polis mülazemeti

      · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Polis mülazemeti

      · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Polis mülazemeti

      · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Polis mülazemeti · 2 career entries · 300 kuruş
    1. Polis mülazemeti

      · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Postahane görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş
  7. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Postahane görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane görevlisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Postahane görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Postahane görevlisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Postahane görevlisi · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Yol daireleri · 300; 400 kuruş
    1. Postahane görevlisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Postahane görevlisi (Nakil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Yol daireleri memuru

      Yol daireleri · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  10. Undated entriesTelgrafhane kapıcısı · 2 career entriesBeyoğlu Telgrafhanesi, İstanbul
    1. Telgrafhane kapıcısı

      Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi, İstanbul

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane kapıcısı (Nakil)

      Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi, İstanbul

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001897/98AH 13151906/07AH 13241897/98 (AH 1315) · Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Polis mülazemeti · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Postahane görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Postahane görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Postahane görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Postahane görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Yol daireleri memuru · Yol daireleri · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tirebin [source]
Birth province
Bosna [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]

Education and languages

French
hâkim [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; sarf, nahiv, Arabî, Gülistân, hesap ve coğrafya [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Tirebin Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First-salary field
300 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1897/98 (AH 1315) [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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

    MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 152

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