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Spiraki Floksinidis 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. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakale
  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleContinuing service described by the source
    1. Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı

      Adakale · Calculated age 21

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleContinuing service described by the source
    1. Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı

      Adakale · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı · 2 career entriesAdakale
    1. Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı

      Adakale · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı (İnfisal)

      Adakale · Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  5. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin · 600 kuruş
    1. Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı

      Turnu Severin · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı

      Turnu Severin · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı

      Turnu Severin · Calculated age 28 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı

      Turnu Severin · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · 2 career entriesTurnu Severin · Kalafat · 600; 1,000 kuruş
    1. Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı

      Turnu Severin · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  10. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 31 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 32 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 33 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat · 1,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 34 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kalafat şehbender vekili · 2 career entriesKalafat · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Kalafat şehbender vekili

      Kalafat · Calculated age 35 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 35

      [1]

  15. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Venedik şehbenderiVenedik · 1,800; 2,000 kuruş
    1. Venedik şehbenderi

      Venedik · Calculated age 36 · 2,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    2. Venedik şehbenderi

      Venedik · Calculated age 36 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  16. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Venedik şehbenderiVenedik · 1,800 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Venedik şehbenderi

      Venedik · Calculated age 37 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Venedik şehbenderi · 2 career entriesVenedik · Yaş · 1,800 kuruş
    1. Venedik şehbenderi

      Venedik · Calculated age 38 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Yaş şehbenderi

      Yaş · Calculated age 38 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  18. Undated entriesTurnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin

Recorded pay

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

01,0002,0001886/87AH 13041898/99AH 13161886/87 (AH 1304) · Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · Turnu Severin · age 26 · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · Turnu Severin · age 27 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · Turnu Severin · age 28 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · Turnu Severin · age 29 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı · Turnu Severin · age 30 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 31 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 32 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 33 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 34 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kalafat şehbender vekili · Kalafat · age 35 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Venedik şehbenderi · Venedik · age 36 · 2,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Venedik şehbenderi · Venedik · age 36 · 1,800 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Venedik şehbenderi · Venedik · age 37 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Venedik şehbenderi · Venedik · age 38 · 1,800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Yaş şehbenderi · Yaş · age 38 · 1,800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bursa [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Father’s occupation
Eski Adakale memuru [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2 [1]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Sıbyan, rüşdiye ve resmî mektep tahsili [source]
Education
Bursa Rum sıbyan mektebi; Arnavutköy, Yergöğü, Turnu Severin ve Orşova rüşdiye mektepleri; Orşova Avusturya resmî mektebi [source]

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
Belgrad [source]
First-salary field
180 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
1880/81 (AH 1298) [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 281, 282

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