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Ali Rıza Efendi①

Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Career evidence 1866 to 1903 (AH 1283 to 1320)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 8-486

Follow 10 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)Edirne
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 10 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.

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

  1. 1

    1850/51 (AH 1267)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 16

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 16

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Belediye Dairesi kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Muhasebe Kalemi masraf kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Place not recorded / Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded; Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

    1. Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

      Muhasebe Kalemi masraf kâtibi

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

      Defter-i Hakani başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

      Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1880/81 (AH 1298) · 5 recorded years

    Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

    AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri / Place not recorded / Edirne

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri; Location not recorded

    1. Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri

      Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      360 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Edirne

      Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  8. 8

    1886/87 (AH 1304) · 12 recorded years

    Edirne

    AH entries: 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Vilayet sandık emini

      Calculated age 46

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Vilayet sandık emini (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 46

      Recorded service ending

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    14. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      540 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    15. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      Calculated age 48

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  9. 9

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Place not recorded

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Açığa çıkarılma

      Calculated age 52

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  10. 10

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Edirne

    1. Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

      Calculated age 53

      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; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other 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
03006001870/71AH 12871883/84AH 13011896/97AH 13141870/71 (AH 1287) · 300 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 360 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 360 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 360 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 360 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 360 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 360 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 360 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 360 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 600 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 600 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 600 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 600 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 600 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 600 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 600 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 600 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 600 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 600 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 600 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 540 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. 1885 to 1903 (AH 1303 to 1320)
  2. Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri7
    1879 to 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)
  3. 1866 to 1880 (AH 1283 to 1297)

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. Edirne540 to 600
  2. Dimetoka ve Dedeağaç sancak merkezleri360

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. 1879 to 1903 (AH 1297 to 1320)
  2. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  3. 1901/02 (AH 1319)
  4. 1870/71 (AH 1287)
  5. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  6. 1885/86 (AH 1303)

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
Dimetoka[source]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267)[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 8-486[1]

Other recorded details

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

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okuryazar[1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dimetoka[source]
First work year
1866/67 (AH 1283)[source]
Apprenticeship
4[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 108, 109, 110, 111

    BOA. DH. SAİDd. 8-486

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated years

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