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Süleyman Sabri Efendi

Born 1819/20 (AH 1235) · Sivas · Dated entries 1846 to 1880 (AH 1263 to 1297)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827

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1Sivas
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Stage 1 of 3 · Sivas

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  1. 1

    1819/20 (AH 1235)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Sivas / Sivas Merkez sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas Merkez sancağı

    1. Sivas

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 28

    2. Sivas Merkez sancağı

      arazi mukayyidi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 28

  3. 3

    1847/48 (AH 1264) · 34 recorded years

    Sivas Merkez sancağı

    AH entries: 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas Merkez sancağı

    1. arazi mukayyidi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    2. defter kâtibi

      380 kuruşCalculated age 62

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1846/47 (AH 1263)20030030 to 10,00028.6%22
1847/48 (AH 1264)200400100 to 10,00021.9%33
1848/49 (AH 1265)20030050 to 3,50028.1%33
1849/50 (AH 1266)20035050 to 10,00029.0%32
1850/51 (AH 1267)200400100 to 10,00020.6%35
1851/52 (AH 1268)20050050 to 3,00025.0%41
1852/53 (AH 1269)200400100 to 5,00025.5%48
1853/54 (AH 1270)200400100 to 3,00025.4%64
1854/55 (AH 1271)200400100 to 5,00019.7%67
1855/56 (AH 1272)200400100 to 5,00023.4%65
1856/57 (AH 1273)200400100 to 5,00020.0%76
1857/58 (AH 1274)200400100 to 3,00023.2%96
1858/59 (AH 1275)200500150 to 5,00014.4%105
1859/60 (AH 1276)200500150 to 3,35011.8%111
1860/61 (AH 1277)300500150 to 3,00027.8%134
1861/62 (AH 1278)300500150 to 3,00027.5%161
1862/63 (AH 1279)300400140 to 3,00034.7%197
1863/64 (AH 1280)300475125 to 3,00034.2%232
1864/65 (AH 1281)300400125 to 3,00036.5%253
1865/66 (AH 1282)300400150 to 2,00032.9%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)300400146 to 2,00031.7%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)300458150 to 2,50029.7%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)300475150 to 3,00028.0%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)300400150 to 2,25031.7%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)500400150 to 2,00054.9%649
1879/80 (AH 1297)380400180 to 1,80042.5%1534

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Where the career is recorded

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  1. Sivas Merkez sancağı35
    1846 to 1880 (AH 1263 to 1297)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Sivas Merkez sancağı200 to 500

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Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1846 to 1860 (AH 1263 to 1276)
  2. 1870 to 1880 (AH 1287 to 1297)
  3. 1860 to 1870 (AH 1277 to 1286)

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; özel hocalar [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 Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 396, 397

    602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827; DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 35 dated AH years

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