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İsmail Şevki 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. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesBodrum · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    2. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 27 · 1,250 kuruş

      [2]

  2. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesBodrum · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 28 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  3. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesBodrum · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 29 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesBodrum · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 30 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  5. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Kaymakam · 2 career entriesBodrum · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 31 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  6. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Kaymakam · 4 career entriesBodrum · Bandırma · 1,250; 1,750 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam

      Bodrum · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakam

      Bandırma · Calculated age 32

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    3. Bodrum kaymakamı

      Bodrum · Calculated age 32 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    4. Bandırma kaymakamı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 32 · 1,750 kuruş

      [2]

  7. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Bandırma kaymakamıBandırma · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bandırma kaymakamı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 33 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  8. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Bandırma kaymakamıBandırma · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bandırma kaymakamı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 34 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  9. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Bandırma kaymakamıBandırma · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bandırma kaymakamı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 35 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  10. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Bandırma kaymakamı · 2 career entriesBandırma · Edremit · 1,750 kuruş

    1. Bandırma kaymakamı

      Bandırma · Calculated age 36 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    2. Edremit kaymakamı

      Edremit · Calculated age 36 · 1,750 kuruş

      [2]

  11. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Edremit kaymakamıEdremit · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Edremit kaymakamı

      Edremit · Calculated age 37 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  12. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Edremit kaymakamıEdremit · 1,750 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Edremit kaymakamı

      Edremit · Calculated age 38 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  13. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Edremit kaymakamı · 3 career entriesEdremit · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 1,575; 1,750 kuruş

    1. Edremit kaymakamı

      Edremit · Calculated age 39 · 1,750 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    2. Dimetoka kaymakamı

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 39 · 1,750 kuruş

      [2]

    3. Dimetoka kaymakamı

      Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Calculated age 39 · 1,575 kuruş

      [2]

  14. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tırnovacık kaymakamıMalko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık) · 2,250 kuruş

    1. Tırnovacık kaymakamı

      Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık) · Calculated age 40 · 2,250 kuruş

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

01,1252,2501884/85AH 13021897/98AH 13151884/85 (AH 1302) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 27 · 1,250 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 28 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 29 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 30 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 31 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Bodrum kaymakamı · Bodrum · age 32 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Bandırma kaymakamı · Bandırma · age 32 · 1,750 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Bandırma kaymakamı · Bandırma · age 33 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Bandırma kaymakamı · Bandırma · age 34 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Bandırma kaymakamı · Bandırma · age 35 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Bandırma kaymakamı · Bandırma · age 36 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Edremit kaymakamı · Edremit · age 36 · 1,750 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Edremit kaymakamı · Edremit · age 37 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Edremit kaymakamı · Edremit · age 38 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Edremit kaymakamı · Edremit · age 39 · 1,750 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dimetoka kaymakamı · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 39 · 1,750 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dimetoka kaymakamı · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · age 39 · 1,575 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Tırnovacık kaymakamı · Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık) · age 40 · 2,250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Varna [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
BOA SAD 3/896 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 3/896 [2]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1] [2]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Beşiktaş Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane ikmal-i tahsil ve şehadetname [source]
Education
Beşiktaş Rüşdiyesi; Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bodrum [source]
First-salary field
1250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1884/85 (AH 1302) [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. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 126, 127

  2. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Varnalı devlet adamları

    İSA ÖZHAN · 2024 · Pages 130, 131

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