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Kemal 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. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Fahri şehbenderhane kâtibi ve tercümanıRagusa
  2. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Fahri şehbenderhane kâtibi ve tercümanıRagusaContinuing service described by the source
    1. Fahri şehbenderhane kâtibi ve tercümanı

      Ragusa · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Fahri şehbenderhane kâtibi ve tercümanı · 2 career entriesRagusa · 300 kuruş
    1. Fahri şehbenderhane kâtibi ve tercümanı

      Ragusa · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Şehbender vekiliKefe · 450 kuruş
    1. Şehbender vekili

      Kefe · Calculated age 44 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Şehbender vekili · 3 career entriesKefe · Gözleve · 450 kuruş
    1. Şehbender vekili

      Kefe · Calculated age 45 · 450 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbenderlik görevi (İnfisal)

      Gözleve · Calculated age 45

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    3. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 45

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesŞehbenderlik göreviGözleve

Recorded pay

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

02254501889/90AH 13071904/05AH 13221889/90 (AH 1307) · Maaş kaydı · age 30 · 300 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Şehbender vekili · Kefe · age 44 · 450 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Şehbender vekili · Kefe · age 45 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Halıcıoğlu Karai Mektebi İbranice muallimi [source]
Nationality or community
Karai Musevi [source]
Religion
Karai Musevilik [source]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Russian
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [1]
Education
Hasköy Karai ve Protestan mektepleri [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
28 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ragusa [source]
First work year
1887/88 (AH 1305) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 283, 284

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