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İlyas Şami 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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 1,000 kuruş

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 39 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900; 1,000 kuruş

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 40 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 40 · 900 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 41 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 42 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 43 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 44 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 45 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Basra Vilayeti tercümanıBasra · 900 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 46 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · 3 career entriesBasra · Baghdad (Bağdat) · 900; 1,440 kuruş

    1. Basra Vilayeti tercümanı

      Basra · Calculated age 47 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Nakil

      · Calculated age 47

      [1]

    3. Bağdat Vilayeti tercümanı

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 47 · 1,440 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07201,4401895/96AH 13131903/04AH 13211895/96 (AH 1313) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 39 · 1,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 40 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 40 · 900 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 41 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 42 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 43 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 44 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 45 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 46 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Basra Vilayeti tercümanı · Basra · age 47 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Bağdat Vilayeti tercümanı · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 47 · 1,440 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Nationality or community
Maruni [source]Marunî [1]
Religion
Marunî Hristiyan [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 154 163 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Aşina [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Italian
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Aşina [source]
Education
Terasenta Fransız Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
39 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Basra [source]
First-salary field
1000 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
1895/96 (AH 1313) [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 kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 94, 95

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