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Covani 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırıShkodër (İşkodra) · 150 kuruş
  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırıShkodër (İşkodra) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 150 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra) · 300 kuruş

    1. Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 300 kuruş

    1. Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısıShëngjin (Şengin) · 300 kuruş
  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısıShëngjin (Şengin) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı

      Shëngjin (Şengin) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı · 2 career entriesShëngjin (Şengin) · 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı

      Shëngjin (Şengin) · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001872/73AH 12891891/92AH 13091872/73 (AH 1289) · Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 16 · 150 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 17 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1874/75 (AH 1291) · Rüsûmat İdaresi mübassırı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 18 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 23 · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Adliye Ceza Dairesi aza mülazımı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı · Shëngjin (Şengin) · age 34 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı · Shëngjin (Şengin) · age 35 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Rüsûmat İdaresi manifesto mukayyidi ve ambarcısı · Shëngjin (Şengin) · age 36 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235; 247 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235, s. 465. [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 50/235, s. 465. [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Italian
tekellüm ve okuryazar [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
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]

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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 145

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