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Yusuf Kenan 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. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 120 kuruş

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 17 · 120 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 18 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 19 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 20 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 120 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 21 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · 3 career entries · 120; 800 kuruş

    1. Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 22 · 120 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi

      · Calculated age 22 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Kitabe-i Hazret-i Şehriyâri

      · Calculated age 22 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

04008001888/89AH 13061893/94AH 13111888/89 (AH 1306) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 17 · 120 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 18 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 19 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 20 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 21 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi · age 22 · 120 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi · age 22 · 800 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kitabe-i Hazret-i Şehriyâri · age 22 · 800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth province
Konya [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mahallî ibtidai mektebi; Enderun-ı Hümayun Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
120 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
1888/89 (AH 1306) [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 Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 117, 118

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