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Süleyman Asaf Bey

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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 0 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

00.511900/01AH 13181900/01 (AH 1318) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Kalemi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 17 · 0 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet Tanzimat Dairesi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 17 · 0 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Akka [source]
Birth province
Suriye [source]
Birth year
1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]
Father’s occupation
Biga Sancağı eski mutasarrıfı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00160/0132 [1]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Tasdikname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]2 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

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
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
0 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
1900/01 (AH 1318) [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 Bigalı devlet adamları

    AHMET TUNCEL · 2019 · Pages 81, 82

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