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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
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Dimitraki Teodorsyadi

Born 1835/36 (AH 1251) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1877 to 1900 (AH 1294 to 1317)

Languages French, Italian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)Ruse (Rusçuk)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1835/36 (AH 1251)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Hüdavendigar

    Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigar

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Yergöğü

    Not yet located on the map: Yergöğü

    1. Şehbender

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 43

  4. 4

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Infisal

      Calculated age 44

  5. 5

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Azil

      Calculated age 48

  6. 6

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Ruse (Rusçuk)

    1. Tüccar vekili

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 51

  7. 7

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Öziçe

    Not yet located on the map: Öziçe

    1. Şehbender vekili

      900 kuruşCalculated age 66

7 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.

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1877/78 (AH 1294): Şehbender, Yergöğü, 2,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295): Infisal, place unspecified1881/82 (AH 1299): Azil, place unspecified1884/85 (AH 1302): Tüccar vekili, Ruse (Rusçuk), 2,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): Şehbender vekili, Öziçe, 900 kuruşAH 1294AH 1317
  • Yergöğü
  • Ruse (Rusçuk)
  • Öziçe

5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01,0002,0001877/78AH 12941888/89AH 13061899/1900AH 13171877/78 (AH 1294) · 2,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2,000 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 900 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. Öziçe1
    1899/1900 (AH 1317)
  2. 1884/85 (AH 1302)
  3. Yergöğü1
    1877/78 (AH 1294)

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. Öziçe900
  2. Yergöğü2,000

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. 1878 (AH 1295)
  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şahadetname [1]

Schooling Fener Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1835/36 (AH 1251) [source]
Father’s occupation
Askerî tabip [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]

Education and languages

French
Aşina [source]
Italian
Aşina [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Biraz okur yazar [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Fener Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Hüdavendigar [source]
First-salary field
750 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
1856/57 (AH 1273) [source]

Sources and evidence

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

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 275, 276, 277

Read the original source accounts · 12 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 · 5 dated years

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