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Rıza 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. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf Merkezi çavuşuKaraburun · 250 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Merkezi çavuşu

      Karaburun · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf Merkezi çavuşu · 2 career entriesKaraburun · Gostivar · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Merkezi çavuşu

      Karaburun · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Musil

      Gostivar · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Merkez muavine memuruSkopje (Üsküp) · 300 kuruş

    1. Merkez muavine memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Merkez muavine memuruSkopje (Üsküp) · Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · 300 kuruş

    1. Merkez muavine memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez muavine memuru

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 32 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1911 (AH 1329)Merkez muavine memuruMitrovica (Mitroviça) · Pljevlja (Taşlıca) · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Merkez muavine memuru

      Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · Calculated age 33 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez muavine memuru

      Pljevlja (Taşlıca) · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesGönüllü asker · 2 career entriesMavrova · 500 kuruş

    2. Merkez 4. sınıf müdürü

      Mavrova · 500 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001898/99AH 13161911AH 13291898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf Merkezi çavuşu · Karaburun · age 20 · 250 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf Merkezi çavuşu · Karaburun · age 21 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Musil · Gostivar · age 21 · 200 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · Merkez muavine memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 31 · 300 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · Merkez muavine memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 32 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1910/11 (AH 1328) · Merkez muavine memuru · Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · age 32 · 300 kuruş1911 (AH 1329) · Merkez muavine memuru · Mitrovica (Mitroviça) · age 33 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1911 (AH 1329) · Merkez muavine memuru · Pljevlja (Taşlıca) · age 33 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Priştine [source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kumanova mal müdürü (emekli) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 192-8 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Üsküp Askerî Rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Karaburun [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1898/99 (AH 1316) [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 Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 266, 267

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