Cebrail Beşir Efendi
Born 1878 (AH 1295) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320)
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 90 427
The life
Cebrail Beşir Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1878 (AH 1295), within the Katolik community. Schooling included Süryani mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani. [source]
Service began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 5 AH years, from Aleppo (Halep) to Aleppo (Halep) and ending with entries for Şehbender. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Aleppo (Halep). [1] [2]
Life and career
Follow 4 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.
Stage 1 of 4 · 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 1878 (AH 1295)
Aleppo (Halep)
Birth
2 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Aleppo (Halep) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 21
Place not recorded
Zabıta Nezareti tercüman muavini
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 21
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep) / Place not recorded
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Babıâli İstişare Odası muavini
Calculated age 24
4 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Aleppo (Halep)
Şehbender
1,800 kuruşCalculated age 25
2 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.
- Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi halifesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [2]
- Varna şehbenderi · Varna · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [2]
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.
The career, year by year
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Pay over time
Pay in its time
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 amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Aleppo (Halep)1,000 to 1,800
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 titleThe 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 Süryani mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 73
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 90 427
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 285, 286
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