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Ömer Lütfî Bey

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. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Aydın Sancağı tahrirat kalemi mülazımıAydın Sancağı

    1. Aydın Sancağı tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Aydın Sancağı · Calculated age 17

      [1]

  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Maliye kitabet odası, Şûra-yı Devlet fihrist kalemi ve Nâfia Nezareti mektubî kaleminde mülazemet
  3. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  4. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1878 (AH 1295)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 380; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 26 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · 3 career entries · 380 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 27 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 27 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  9. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 28 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 29 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 30 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · 3 career entries · 380; 430 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 31 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 31 · 430 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02154301876/77AH 12931884/85AH 13021876/77 (AH 1293) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 22 · 300 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 25 · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 26 · 380 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti mektubî kalemi memuru · age 27 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 27 · 380 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 28 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 29 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 30 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 31 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Telgraf ve Posta Nezareti muhasebe kalemi memuru · age 31 · 430 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Medine-i Münevvere [source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]
Father’s occupation
Ebniye-i Âliye memuru; mühendis [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 5/171, s.171 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Şehadetnamesi yok [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Aydın Sancağı [source]
First work year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Apprenticeship
5 [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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 259, 260

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