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Receb Recai 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Aşar kol muharririPrizrin · 200 kuruş

    1. Aşar kol muharriri

      Prizrin · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Aşar Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi stajyeriKosova Vilayeti Aşar Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi

    1. Aşar Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi stajyeri

      Kosova Vilayeti Aşar Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi hizmetiPristina (Priştine)
  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Müstantik yardımcısıDebreniçe · 300 kuruş

    1. Müstantik yardımcısı

      Debreniçe · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili · 3 career entriesGjilan (Gilan) · Pristina (Priştine) · 300 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili

      Gjilan (Gilan) · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Görevin sona ermesi

      · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi stajyeri · 5 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · Feruzbey istasyonu · 200 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi stajyeri

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye geçici muhafaza memuru

      Feruzbey istasyonu · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 32

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    4. Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Düyun-ı Umumiye geçici muhafaza memuru

      Feruzbey istasyonu · Calculated age 32

      [1] · 2 linked entries

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili · 3 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · Feruzbey istasyonu

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Düyun-ı Umumiye daimi muhafaza memuru

      Feruzbey istasyonu · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Düyun-ı Umumiye daimi muhafaza memuruFeruzbey istasyonuContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye daimi muhafaza memuru

      Feruzbey istasyonu · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Düyun-ı Umumiye daimi muhafaza memuru · 2 career entriesFeruzbey istasyonu · Pristina (Priştine) · 300 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye daimi muhafaza memuru

      Feruzbey istasyonu · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · 2 career entriesPristina (Priştine) · 300 kuruşDeath recorded

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      Pristina (Priştine) · Calculated age 36 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vefat

      · Calculated age 36

      [1]

  11. Undated entriesGörevin sona ermesi · 4 career entriesPrizrin · Pristina (Priştine)

    3. İstifa

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001883/84AH 13011895/96AH 13131883/84 (AH 1301) · Aşar kol muharriri · Prizrin · age 24 · 200 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Müstantik yardımcısı · Debreniçe · age 30 · 300 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memur vekili · Gjilan (Gilan) · age 31 · 300 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Düyun-ı Umumiye geçici muhafaza memuru · Feruzbey istasyonu · age 32 · 200 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Pristina (Priştine) · age 35 · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru · Pristina (Priştine) · age 36 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Leskofça [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Priştine Düyun-ı Umumiye kolcusu [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 137-367 [1]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Prizrin Sıbyan ve Rüştiye mektepleri [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Prizrin [source]
First-salary field
200 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
1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.430137 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 263, 264

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