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Ali Kemal Efendi

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Gelibolu · Career evidence 1868 to 1910 (AH 1285 to 1327)

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 48/17

Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Gelibolu
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 8 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

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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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Gelibolu

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi katibi

      45 kuruşCalculated age 15

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi katibi

      75 kuruşCalculated age 15

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1870/71 (AH 1287) · 2 recorded years

    Gelibolu Sancağı

    AH entries: 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı

    1. Harita yazmanı

      250 kuruşCalculated age 17

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Harita yazmanı

      Calculated age 18

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci kayıt memuru

      350 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1878/79 (AH 1296) · 2 recorded years

    Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    AH entries: 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci yardımcısı

      382.5 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci yardımcısı

      264 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi / Gelibolu Sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi; Gelibolu Sancağı

    1. Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

      Tahrirat Kalemi birinci yardımcısı

      288 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

      Tahrirat Kalemi birinci yardımcısı

      328 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Gelibolu Sancağı

      Orman yazmanı

      480 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 14 recorded years

    Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      480 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      500 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      525 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      550 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    14. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    15. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      570 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    16. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    17. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      600 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    18. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    19. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      Calculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    20. Tahrirat Kalemi müdür yardımcısı

      540 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  8. 8

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Tekfurdağı Sancağı

    Kept as text: Tekfurdağı Sancağı

    1. Tahrirat müdürü

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 57

      Entry & evidence →[1]

5 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.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. Ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
06251,2501868/69AH 12851888/89AH 13061909/10AH 13271868/69 (AH 1285) · 45 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · 75 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · 250 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 350 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 382.5 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 264 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 288 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 328 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 480 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 480 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 525 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 550 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 570 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 600 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 540 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · 1,250 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi19
    1868 to 1897 (AH 1285 to 1314)
  2. Gelibolu Sancağı3
    1870 to 1881 (AH 1287 to 1298)
  3. Tekfurdağı Sancağı1
    1909/10 (AH 1327)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Gelibolu Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi45 to 600
  2. Gelibolu Sancağı250 to 480
  3. Tekfurdağı Sancağı1,250

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 title
  1. 1883 to 1897 (AH 1301 to 1314)
  2. 1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
  3. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  4. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  5. 1874/75 (AH 1291)
  6. 1880/81 (AH 1298)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Gelibolu[source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270)[source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 48/17[1]

Education and languages

French
Aşina[source]
Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
sıbyan; rüşdiye[source]
Education level equivalent
7[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Gelibolu Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)

    OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 94, 95

    BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 48/17

Read the original source accounts · 37 source entries →

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 22 dated years

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