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Ġsmail EĢref Bey

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1883 to 1900 (AH 1301 to 1317)

Languages English, French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, 30/171, s.171

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1Mecca (Mekke)Tripoli (Trablusşam)Beirut (Beyrut)Jerusalem (Kudüs)LiceErzurumKastamonuAdanaMersin
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 13 · Mecca (Mekke)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Mecca (Mekke)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Selâtin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Selâtin

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Ticaret Mahkemesi mütercimi

      550 kuruşCalculated age 20

  3. 3

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

    Selâtin

    AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Selâtin

    1. Ticaret Mahkemesi mütercimi

      550 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    2. Ticaret Mahkemesi birinci zabıt kâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 22

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Selâtin / Tripoli (Trablusşam)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Selâtin

    1. Selâtin

      Ticaret Mahkemesi birinci zabıt kâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tripoli (Trablusşam)

      Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 23

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1887/88 (AH 1305) · 3 recorded years

    Beirut (Beyrut)

    AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Vilayet muhasebesi görevlisi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 24

    2. Vilayet muhasebesi görevlisi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Beirut (Beyrut) / Jerusalem (Kudüs)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Beirut (Beyrut)

      Vilayet muhasebesi görevlisi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

    2. Jerusalem (Kudüs)

      Sancak muhasebe başkâtibi

      900 kuruşCalculated age 27

  7. 7

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Jerusalem (Kudüs)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Sancak muhasebe başkâtibi

      900 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

    2. Tahrir ve vergi müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

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  8. 8

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Jerusalem (Kudüs) / Lice

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Jerusalem (Kudüs)

      Sancak muhasebe başkâtibi

      900 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    2. Lice

      Kaymakam vekili

      625 kuruşCalculated age 29

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  9. 9

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Lice

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      625 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kaymakam vekili (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

  10. 10

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Erzurum

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyizi

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 33

    2. Vilayet muhasebe mümeyyizi

      1,350 kuruşCalculated age 33

  11. 11

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Kastamonu

    1. Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mümeyyizi

      1,575 kuruşCalculated age 34

  12. 12

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Kastamonu / Adana / Mersin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kastamonu

      Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mümeyyizi

      1,575 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mersin

      Sancak muhasebeci vekili (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

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  13. 13

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Adana / Menteşe

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Menteşe

    1. Adana

      Vilayet muhasebe kalemi mümeyyizi

      1,170 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Menteşe

      Sancak Muhasebecisi

      1,620 kuruşCalculated age 36

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

4 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 from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
  2. Selâtin4
    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
  3. 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
  4. 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)
  5. 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)
  6. 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Beirut (Beyrut)400 to 500
  2. Selâtin550 to 600
  4. Adana1,170
  6. Lice625

Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
  2. 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
  3. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
  4. 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
  5. 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
  6. 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)

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

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; İngiliz Ticaret Mektebi şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultanî; İzmir İngiliz Ticaret Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • English · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
  • French · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
  • Rum (as recorded) · Tekellüm [source]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 159, 160, 161

    224 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, 30/171, s.171.

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