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Fethullah Efendi

Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1900 to 1907 (AH 1318 to 1324)

Languages Arabic, French, Turkish

Archival reference BOA DH. SAİDd. 146

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1900/01 (AH 1318): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep)1901/02 (AH 1319): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep)1902/03 (AH 1320): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep)1903/04 (AH 1321): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep)1903/04 (AH 1321): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep), 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep), 200 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep), 200 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep), 200 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru, Aleppo (Halep), 350 kuruşAH 1318AH 1320AH 1324
Places and reading notes
  • Aleppo (Halep)

7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Aleppo (Halep)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Aleppo (Halep)

How to read this map

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.

  1. 1

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Aleppo (Halep)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Aleppo (Halep)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Calculated age 21

  3. 3

    1901/02 (AH 1319) · 6 recorded years

    Aleppo (Halep)

    AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Calculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    3. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Calculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    4. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 24

    5. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    6. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    7. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

    8. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 27

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.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01753501903/04AH 13211906/07AH 13241903/04 (AH 1321) · 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 200 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 200 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 200 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 350 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

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. 1900 to 1907 (AH 1318 to 1324)

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. Aleppo (Halep)200 to 350

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. 1900 to 1907 (AH 1318 to 1324)

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 Halep Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
  • French · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Süryani [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA DH. SAİDd. 146 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Halep Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Halep [source]
First work year
1900/01 (AH 1318) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 91

    82BOA DH. SAİDd. 146 433 Tarih: H-29-12-1298

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated years

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