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Cebrail Beşir 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. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tahrir-i Hariciye Kalemi memuru · 4 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 21 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Zabıta Nezareti tercüman muavini

      · Calculated age 21 · 1,000 kuruş

      [2]

  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini · 4 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 22 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 22 · 1,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Şehremaneti Mektubî Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 22 · 1,000 kuruş

      [2]

    4. Zabıta Nezareti tercüman muavini

      · Calculated age 22 · 1,000 kuruş

      [2]

  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru · 4 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 23 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehremaneti Mektubî Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 23 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. Babıâli İstişare Odası memuru

      · Calculated age 23 · 1,000 kuruş

      [2]

  4. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru · 3 career entriesAleppo (Halep) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 24 · 1,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Babıâli İstişare Odası muavini

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  5. 1902/03 (AH 1320)ŞehbenderAleppo (Halep) · 1,800 kuruş
    1. Şehbender

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 25 · 1,800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  6. Undated entriesTahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi halifesi · 2 career entriesVarna

Recorded pay

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

09001,8001898/99AH 13161902/03AH 13201898/99 (AH 1316) · Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini · Aleppo (Halep) · age 21 · 1,000 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Zabıta Nezareti tercüman muavini · age 21 · 1,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Zaptiye Nezareti tercüman muavini · Aleppo (Halep) · age 22 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 22 · 1,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Şehremaneti Mektubî Kalemi memuru · age 22 · 1,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Zabıta Nezareti tercüman muavini · age 22 · 1,000 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Şehremaneti Mektubî Kalemi memuru · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Babıâli İstişare Odası memuru · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Şehremaneti Mektubi Kalemi memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 24 · 1,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Şehbender · Aleppo (Halep) · age 25 · 1,800 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 90 427 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Süryani mektebi; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]

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
1898/99 (AH 1316) [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 73

  2. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 285, 286

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