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Ali Kemal Bey

Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)

Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 19, 4-3.

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)Vidin
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

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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.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Bulgaristan / Vidin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Bulgaristan

    1. Bulgaristan

      Bulgaristan Komiserliği ikinci kitabet muavini (Nakil)

      Calculated age 24

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Vidin

      Vidin tüccar vekili

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

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.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. 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
09001,8001901/02AH 13191901/02 (AH 1319) · 1,800 kuruş

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● 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. 1901/02 (AH 1319)

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. Vidin1,800

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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)
  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)

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
İstanbul[source]
Birth province
Dersaadet[source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295)[source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar[source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 19, 4-3.[1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet[source]Okuryazar[1]
Italian
Tekellüm[source]
Turkish
Kitâbet[source]Okuryazar[1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded[source]Tasdikname[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Dördüncü sınıfa kadar[source]
Education
Mekteb-i Sultani[source]
Education level equivalent
12[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1896/97 (AH 1314)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 227, 228

    BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 19, 4-3.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated years

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