Covani Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1872 to 1892 (AH 1289 to 1309)
Languages Arabic, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The life
Covani Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; İşkodra Cizvit ve Rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Arabic, Italian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). Dated career entries span 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 1891/92 (AH 1309) across 8 AH years, from Shkodër (İşkodra) to Shëngjin (Şengin), beginning with Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Shkodër (İşkodra) and Shëngjin (Şengin). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 5 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
How to read this map
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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı
150 kuruşCalculated age 16
3 1873/74 (AH 1290) · 2 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1290, 1291. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı
150 kuruşCalculated age 17
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı
150 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı (İstifa)
Calculated age 18
4 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı
300 kuruşCalculated age 23
Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı
300 kuruşCalculated age 24
Continuing service as described
Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı (İnfisal)
Calculated age 24
5 1889/90 (AH 1307) · 3 recorded years
Shëngjin (Şengin)
AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı
300 kuruşCalculated age 34
Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı
300 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı
300 kuruşCalculated age 36
Continuing service as described
Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı (İstifa)
Calculated age 36
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
- Shkodër (İşkodra)
- Shëngjin (Şengin)
8 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Shkodër (İşkodra)150 to 300
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 titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- Tekellüm [source]
- Italian
- tekellüm ve okuryazar [source]
- Rum (as recorded)
- Tekellüm [source]
- Education detail
- Sıbyan Mektebinde Mukaddeme-i Ulûm [source]
- Education
- Sıbyan Mektebi; İşkodra Cizvit ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]
- Qualification
- Arnavutça ve Slavca tekellüm [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- İşkodra [source]
- First-salary field
- 150 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
- 1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 145
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235; 247 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235, s. 465.; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235, s. 465.
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