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Ali İlhami Bey

Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1884 to 1908 (AH 1302 to 1325)

Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 16, 8-2-3.

Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 7 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.

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

  1. 1

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Ticaret Nezareti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Ticaret Nezareti

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 24

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Ticaret Nezareti müsteşar muavini

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit İdaresi

    Kept as text: Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit İdaresi

    1. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit İdaresi mümeyyizi

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Liverpool / Korfu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Liverpool; Korfu

    1. Liverpool

      Liverpool başşehbenderi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Liverpool

      Liverpool başşehbenderi (Nakil)

      Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Korfu

      Korfu başşehbenderi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Korfu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Korfu

    1. Korfu başşehbenderi

      3,000 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Korfu başşehbenderi

      2,700 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Napoli

    Kept as text: Napoli

    1. Napoli başşehbenderi (Azil)

      Calculated age 39

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1902/03 (AH 1320) · 6 recorded years

    Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü

    AH entries: 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü

    1. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü muavini

      2,800 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü muavini

      2,800 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü muavini

      3,400 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü muavini

      3,400 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü birinci muavini

      Calculated age 44

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü birinci muavini

      Calculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü birinci muavini

      Calculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü birinci muavini

      Calculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü birinci muavini

      4,400 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Entry & evidence →[1]

3 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
02,2004,4001884/85AH 13021896/97AH 13141907/08AH 13251884/85 (AH 1302) · 2,000 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 1,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3,000 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 3,000 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2,700 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 2,800 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2,800 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 3,400 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 3,400 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · 4,400 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. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü6
    1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)
  2. Korfu2
    1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
  3. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit İdaresi1
    1888/89 (AH 1306)
  4. Liverpool1
    1895/96 (AH 1313)
  5. Ticaret Nezareti1
    1884/85 (AH 1302)

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. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit Müdürlüğü2,800 to 4,400
  2. Korfu2,700 to 3,000
  3. Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Hukukiye-i Muhtelit İdaresi1,000
  4. Liverpool3,000
  5. Ticaret Nezareti2,000

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. 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)
  2. 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
  3. 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)
  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
  6. 1888/89 (AH 1306)

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
İstanbul[source]
Birth province
Dersaadet[source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278)[source]
Archive references
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 16, 8-2-3.[1]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code)[source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code)[source]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet[source][1]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm[source]
Turkish
Kitâbet[source][1]
Education
Mekteb-i Sultani[source]
Education level equivalent
12[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Şahadetname almamış[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ticaret Nezareti[source]
First-salary field
2000 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]

Sources and evidence

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

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 187, 188, 189

    BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 16, 8-2-3.

Read the original source accounts · 20 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated years

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