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Ahmed Nazif Efendi

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Archive reference: BOA. DH. SAĠD. d. 00003

Biographical account

Born in Lefkoşa, 1830/31 (AH 1246). Education included Bursa Cami-i Kebir. First work is recorded at Beyrut in 1848/49 (AH 1265). Career entries include Damga ve İpek Düzeni memuriyetleri; Gümrük memuru. The surviving career entries cover 1848/49 (AH 1265) to 1848/49 (AH 1265).

Career across the sources

22 career entries across 1 recorded AH year. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

LefkoşaMersinBeyrutMardinLatakia (Lazkiye)Damascus (Şam)Sidon (Sayda)Jounieh (Cunye)Biga

Open circle: birthplace. Diamond: first work. Dot: service.

Select an entry or salary point to highlight its recorded place.

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
19Damga ve İpek Düzeni memuriyetleriBeirut (Beyrut)
Gümrük memuruMardin
Duhan Gümrüğü memuruLatakia (Lazkiye)
Duhan Gümrüğü memuruCübeyl
Duhan Gümrüğü müdürüBeirut (Beyrut)
Emval ve Eşya Tahkik ve Tahrir memuruDamascus (Şam)

AH years include an approximate Gregorian span. Calculated ages use year-label differences. Some years describe a continuing service spell and its salary rate, including interval years carried by the source editions. These points are not independent annual payment observations. Conflicting posts or amounts remain separate.

Sources and career entries

22 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Damga ve İpek Düzeni memuriyetleriBeirut (Beyrut)[1]
Gümrük memuruFinance and revenueMardin[1]
Duhan Gümrüğü memuruLatakia (Lazkiye)[1]
Duhan Gümrüğü memuruCübeyl[1]
Duhan Gümrüğü müdürüBeirut (Beyrut)[1]
Emval ve Eşya Tahkik ve Tahrir memuruDamascus (Şam)[1]
Tahsil memuruBiladül Beşare[1]
Tuz memuruSidon (Sayda)[1]
Ağnam memuruBiladül Beşare[1]
Mukataa aşar nazırıBiladül Beşare[1]
İskele nazırıBeirut (Beyrut)[1]
Nahiye MüdürüProvincial administrationJounieh (Cunye)[1]
Nahiye MüdürüProvincial administrationJounieh (Cunye)[1]
Arazi Yoklama memuruBiga[1]
Belediye reisiKale-i Sultaniye[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationBaf[1]
Belediye reisiNicosia (Lefkoşa)[1]
Ağnam nazırıDeğirmenlik[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationLimson[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationPayas[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationKaraisalı[1]
KaymakamProvincial administrationMersin[1]

Sources and references

  1. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Kıbrıslı devlet memurları (1879-1909) (EMİNE ÇELİKKUT, 2019). Pages 146, 147

    Archive references: BOA. DH. SAĠD. d. 00003

About dates, entries and source conventions

Recorded AH years are shown with their approximate Gregorian span. Blank cells indicate a value absent from the account. An undated value is left in its source form. Repeated entries and continuation years are retained; they do not establish uninterrupted tenure. Map points identify recorded places and do not imply a route. Salary amounts are not total earnings.

  • Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Kıbrıslı devlet memurları (1879-1909)

    Calendar convention: AH convention; native event ambiguities withheld; remaining inherited interval assertions flagged.

    Year construction: source_bounded_intervals_or_one_missing_year_equal_post_place_known_pay.

Personal details

Birthplace
Lefkoşa
Birth year as recorded
1830/31 (AH 1246)
Age at first service
19
First work place as recorded
Beyrut
First work year as recorded
1848/49 (AH 1265)

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm
Turkish
Kitâbet
School or education as recorded
Bursa Cami-i Kebir

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