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Bedros Sezai Efendi

Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Harput · Career evidence 1879 to 1888 (AH 1297 to 1305)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 40-72

Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1HarputSiverek
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Harput

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Kept as text: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Merkez sandık kâtibi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Siverek

    1. Sandık sarrafı

      360 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Siverek

    1. Ambar memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Kept as text: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Merkez sandık kâtibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Mamuratülaziz

    Kept as text: Mamuratülaziz

    1. Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi merkez vergi kitabeti refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

6 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
02004001879/80AH 12971883/84AH 13011887/88AH 13051879/80 (AH 1297) · 200 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 360 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 250 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 250 kuruş

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● 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. Mamuratülaziz3
    1879 to 1888 (AH 1297 to 1305)
  2. 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)

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. Mamuratülaziz200 to 250
  2. Siverek360 to 400

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 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)
  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
  4. 1887/88 (AH 1305)

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
Harput[source]
Birth year
1854/55 (AH 1271)[source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 40-72[1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Özel hoca; Ermeni mektebi[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
Hısn-ı Mansur[source]
Apprenticeship
3[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 155, 156

    BOA. DH. SAİD 40-72

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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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