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Osman Paşa

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. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Baş Hümâyun silahşörü · 2 career entriesİstanbul, Bâb-ı Hümâyun
    1. Baş Hümâyun silahşörü

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

    2. Kolluk ve atlı silahlı birlik hizmeti

      İstanbul, Bâb-ı Hümâyun · Calculated age 22

      [2]

  2. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Baş Hümâyun silahşörüContinuing service described by the source
    1. Baş Hümâyun silahşörü

      · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Baş Hümâyun silahşörüContinuing service described by the source
    1. Baş Hümâyun silahşörü

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Baş Hümâyun silahşörüContinuing service described by the source
    1. Baş Hümâyun silahşörü

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Baş Hümâyun silahşörü (İnfisal) · 2 career entries
    1. Baş Hümâyun silahşörü (İnfisal)

      · Calculated age 26

      [1]

    2. Padişah başkapıcısı

      · Calculated age 26

      [2]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Karadağ seferinde askerî hizmetİşkodra üzerinden Karadağ
    1. Karadağ seferinde askerî hizmet

      İşkodra üzerinden Karadağ · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Military service

      [2]

  7. 1875/76 (AH 1292)KaymakamAkhisar · 2,250 kuruş
    1. Kaymakam

      Akhisar · Calculated age 34 · 2,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1] [2]

  8. 1877/78 (AH 1294)MutasarrıfNovi Pazar (Yenipazar) · 8,550 kuruş
    1. Mutasarrıf

      Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · Calculated age 36 · 8,550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Mutasarrıf

      · Calculated age 36 · 8,550 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [2]

  9. Undated entriesMutasarrıf vekili ve divan kâtibi · 8 career entriesTeke · Akhisar · Teke sancağı mutasarrıflığı · 0 kuruş
    1. Mutasarrıf vekili ve divan kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Teke

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Birinci sınıf kaymakam

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [2] · 2 linked entries

    3. Tecrübe hizmeti

      Teke sancağı mutasarrıflığı

      [2]

    4. Mutasarrıf vekili; divan kitabetine benzer işler

      Teke sancağı mutasarrıflığı · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [2]

    5. İstifa

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

04,2758,5501875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941875/76 (AH 1292) · Kaymakam · Akhisar · age 34 · 2,250 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Mutasarrıf · Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) · age 36 · 8,550 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Mutasarrıf · age 36 · 8,550 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Nevesin [source]
Birth province
Hersek [source]
Birth year
1842/43 (AH 1258) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 1/186 [2] [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
bilir [source]
Persian
bilir [source]
Turkish
bilir ve kitâbet eder [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1] [2]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İlk ve orta öğretim [source]
Education
Nevesin Sıbyan;Mostar Rüşdiye;Salih Efendiden özel tahsil [source]
Education level equivalent
3 (original schooling-year field) [1] [2]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 272, 273

  2. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları

    GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ · 2024 · Pages 49, 50

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