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Osman 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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)PolisIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 30 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Polis · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300; 340 kuruş

    1. Polis

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 340 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 32 · 340 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300; 340 kuruş

    1. Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 33 · 340 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 34 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1905/06 (AH 1323)İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300; 400 kuruş

    1. İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1906/07 (AH 1324)İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 400 kuruş

    1. İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Pul daireleri memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001897/98AH 13151906/07AH 13241897/98 (AH 1315) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 30 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Polis · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 31 · 340 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 340 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi kapıcısı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 340 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 300 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 34 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 400 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · İstanbul Postahanesi sermüvezzi muavini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Pul daireleri memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Trebin [source]
Birth province
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddemât-ı ulûm; sarf ve nahiv, Arabî, Gülistan, hesap ve coğrafya öğrenimi [source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Trebin Rüşdiye 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
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1897/98 (AH 1315) [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 267, 268

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