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YAHYA İSKENDER EFENDİ

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Archive reference: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/630

Biographical account

Born in Yanya, 1857/58 (AH 1274). The father’s recorded occupation was tüccar. Education included Sıbyan Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani; Paris hukuk eğitimi. First work is recorded at Bâbıâli in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Career entries include Tercüme Odası mülazımı; Sefaret fahri ataşesi. The surviving career entries cover 1874/75 (AH 1291) to 1903/04 (AH 1321).

Career across the sources

7 career entries across 6 recorded AH years. Read the sources and original accounts.

Places in this career

Yanya

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

Not drawn. Outside the map: Paris.

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

Chronology assembled from the linked personnel accounts
YearAgePostPlaceSalary (kuruş)
17Tercüme Odası mülazımıBâbıâli
21Sefaret fahri ataşesiParis
29Sefaret üçüncü kâtibiParis
31Sefaret ikinci kâtibiRoma
43Şûrâ-yı Devlet Bidayet Mahkemesi âzası
47İstinaf Mahkemesi memuru

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

7 career entries in 1 source account.

Career entries, in recorded-year order
Recorded dateTitle and categoryPlaceRecorded paySource
Tercüme Odası mülazımıBâbıâli[1]
Sefaret fahri ataşesiParis[1]
Sefaret üçüncü kâtibiParis[1]
Sefaret ikinci kâtibiRoma[1]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet Bidayet Mahkemesi âzası[1]
İstinaf Mahkemesi memuru[1]
Date as written: Şûrâ-yı Devlet Bidâyet Mâhkemesi âzâ mülâzımlığındaŞûrâ-yı Devlet Bidayet Mahkemesi âza mülazımı[1]

Sources and references

  1. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876) (Sevilay Kasap, 2011). Pages 226

    Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.1/630

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.

  • Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)

    Calendar convention: Resolved AH labels only; Gregorian/Rumi and unresolved dates remain in native evidence..

    Year construction: Source events and specifically source-bounded continuation states; no generic date carry-forward..

Personal details

Birthplace
Yanya
Birth province
Yanya
Birth year as recorded
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Father’s occupation
tüccar
Age at first service
17
First work place as recorded
Bâbıâli
First work year as recorded
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Nationality or community
Rum

Education and languages

Arabic
okur
French
konuşur ve yazar
Persian
okur
Rum
konuşur ve yazar
Turkish
konuşur ve yazar
School or education as recorded
Sıbyan Mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani; Paris hukuk eğitimi

Honours and legal record

Judicial record as worded
0

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