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Hafız Süleyman Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1871 to 1886 (AH 1288 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, 24/450

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1DikiliSilistra (Silistre)Izmir (İzmir)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 2 · Dikili

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1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Dikili

    1. Rüsumat kâtibi

      300 kuruş

  2. 2

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Azil

15 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.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

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

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları

    KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 37, 38

    BOA, DH.SAİD.d, 24/450; 122 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, 24/450.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, 24/450

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated years

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