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Kostar 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. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezziliSarıyer · 200 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili

      Sarıyer · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezziliSarıyer · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili

      Sarıyer · Calculated age 24 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezziliSarıyer · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili

      Sarıyer · Calculated age 25 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezziliSarıyer · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili

      Sarıyer · Calculated age 26 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · 2 career entriesSarıyer · Tarabya · 200 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili

      Sarıyer · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı

      Tarabya · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısıTarabya · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı

      Tarabya · Calculated age 28 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısıTarabya · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı

      Tarabya · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısıTarabya · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı

      Tarabya · Calculated age 30 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · 2 career entriesTarabya · Büyükdere · 200; 310 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı

      Tarabya · Calculated age 31 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 31 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  10. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuruBüyükdere · 310 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 32 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuruBüyükdere · 310 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 33 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuruBüyükdere · 310 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 34 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuruBüyükdere · 310 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 35 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · 2 career entriesBüyükdere · Beyoğlu · 310; 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru

      Büyükdere · Calculated age 36 · 310 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf ve muhabere memuru

      Beyoğlu · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001892/93AH 13101905/06AH 13231892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · Sarıyer · age 23 · 200 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · Sarıyer · age 24 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · Sarıyer · age 25 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · Sarıyer · age 26 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi müvezzili · Sarıyer · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · Tarabya · age 27 · 200 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · Tarabya · age 28 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · Tarabya · age 29 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · Tarabya · age 30 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi yazıcısı · Tarabya · age 31 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 31 · 310 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 32 · 310 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 33 · 310 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 34 · 310 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 35 · 310 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebi memuru · Büyükdere · age 36 · 310 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Telgraf ve muhabere memuru · Beyoğlu · age 36 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Nevşehir [source]
Birth province
Konya [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Hristiyan [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD. 116/153 [1]CDA. DH. SAİD. 116/153 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
İlk ve orta eğitim [source]
Education
Nevşehir Rum Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sarıyer [source]
First-salary field
200 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
1892/93 (AH 1310) [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. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Orta Anadolu (Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Niğde ve Aksaray) doğumlu gayrimüslim Osmanlı devlet memurları

    ZEYNEP ÜNSAL · 2021 · Pages 46

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