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Hacı Halil Efendi

Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Dated entries 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 103/419

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1899/1900 (AH 1317): Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Kapı Çukadarı, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 400 kuruşAH 1317
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  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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1Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 2 · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

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    1. Birth

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    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Kapı Çukadarı

      400 kuruşCalculated age 46

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.

  • Defter-i Hakani Nazırı Ali Rıza Paşa'nın özel hizmetinde · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
  • First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Year not recorded

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001899/1900AH 13171899/1900 (AH 1317) · 400 kuruş

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

The 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 Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

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Personal details

Birthplace
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarki [1]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 103/419 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
okur [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
İstanbul [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)

    AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 102

    BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 103/419

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