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Osman Fehmi Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Dated entries 1863 to 1897 (AH 1280 to 1314)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival references BOA SAD 2/ 836; BOA SAD 2/836; BOA SAD 2/837

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 16 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.

1Şanlıurfa (Urfa)Raqqa (Rakka)Abu Kamal (Ebukemal)ZorRumkaleGülnar
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 16 · Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

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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.

6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1848/49 (AH 1265)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Urfa Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Urfa Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

    2. Mülazım

      Calculated age 15

  3. 3

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi Mümeyyizi

      Calculated age 17

  4. 4

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Urfa Tahrirat Kalemi

    Not yet located on the map: Urfa Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. ikinci müsevvid

      Calculated age 19

  5. 5

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. sınıf-ı sani teftiş memuru

      Calculated age 22

  6. 6

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Raqqa (Rakka)

    1. Mal Müdürü

      Calculated age 24

  7. 7

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. meclis-i temyiz başkatibi

      Calculated age 25

  8. 8

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Basra (Zor Sancağı)

    Not yet located on the map: Basra (Zor Sancağı)

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 28

  9. 9

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Abu Kamal (Ebukemal)

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 31

  10. 10

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Zor

    1. aşar ve ağnam başkatibi

      Calculated age 32

  11. 11

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1. nüfus memuru vekili

      Calculated age 37

  12. 12

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Besni

    Not yet located on the map: Besni

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 40

  13. 13

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Hısn-ı Mansur

    Not yet located on the map: Hısn-ı Mansur

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 43

  14. 14

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Rumkale

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 45

  15. 15

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Gülnar

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 47

  16. 16

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Andıran

    Not yet located on the map: Andıran

    1. Kaymakam

      Calculated age 49

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1865 to 1885 (AH 1282 to 1302)
  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
  3. Andıran1
    1896/97 (AH 1314)
  4. Basra (Zor Sancağı)1
    1876/77 (AH 1293)
  5. Besni1
    1887/88 (AH 1305)
  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1876 to 1897 (AH 1293 to 1314)
  2. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  3. 1867/68 (AH 1284)
  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)
  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)
  6. 1863/64 (AH 1280)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling mekteb-i idadi (Sarf u Nahv-ı Arabî) [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 130

    ⁶³⁰ Tüccardan Osman Ağa'nın oğludur. Kasabadaki mekteb-i idadide Sarf u Nahv-ı Arabî okumuştur. Türkçe ve Arabça okur yazar. (BOA SAD 2/ 836); ⁶³⁴ Hısn-ı Mansur'da önceden inşa olunan kışlanın inşasındaki hizmetinden dolayı 16 Zilkâde 1309'da rütbe-i sâniye sınıf-ı mütemâyizi, 4 Rebiü'l-evvel 1310'da beşinci rütbeden Mecidî nişanı ihsan buyurulmuştur. (BOA SAD 2/836) 123; BOA SAD 2/836; BOA SAD 2/837

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 15 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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