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Fethullah 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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep)
  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 200 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruAleppo (Halep) · 200; 350 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01753501903/04AH 13211906/07AH 13241903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 24 · 200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 27 · 350 kuruş

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]

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 Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 91

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