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Süleyman Sami 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. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Aşar mültezimi kâtibiTirana (Tiran) · 250 kuruş

    1. Aşar mültezimi kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Aşar mültezimi kâtibiTirana (Tiran) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar mültezimi kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 22 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Aşar mültezimi kâtibiTirana (Tiran) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Aşar mültezimi kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Aşar mültezimi kâtibi · 2 career entriesTirana (Tiran) · 250 kuruş

    1. Aşar mültezimi kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 24 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar mültezimi kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  5. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Rüsumat dairesi mukayyidi · 2 career entriesDurrës (Dıraç) · 250; 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat dairesi mukayyidi

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 30 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Rüsumat dairesi sandık eminiDurrës (Dıraç) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini · 3 career entriesDurrës (Dıraç) · Kavaye · 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 32 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Memleha kâtibi

      Kavaye · Calculated age 32 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Memleha kâtibi · 2 career entriesKavaye · 400 kuruş

    1. Memleha kâtibi

      Kavaye · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Memleha kâtibi (İstifa)

      Kavaye · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  9. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Arazi yoklama kâtibiTirana (Tiran)
  10. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Arazi yoklama kâtibiTirana (Tiran)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Arazi yoklama kâtibi · 2 career entriesTirana (Tiran)

    1. Arazi yoklama kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Arazi yoklama kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 36

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  12. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Kuru tütün muvazene kâtibiTirana (Tiran) · 300 kuruş

    1. Kuru tütün muvazene kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 37 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Duhan fabrikaları memuruDraç sancağı; Tiran ve Elbasan kazaları · 300 kuruş

    1. Duhan fabrikaları memuru

      Draç sancağı; Tiran ve Elbasan kazaları · Calculated age 42 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Nüfus kâtibiTirana (Tiran) · 125 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 46 · 125 kuruş

      [1]

  15. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Nüfus kâtibi · 2 career entriesTirana (Tiran) · Durrës (Dıraç) · 125; 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus kâtibi

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 47 · 125 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat mukayyidi

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 47 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  16. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrirat mukayyidi · 3 career entriesDurrës (Dıraç) · Tirana (Tiran) · 250; 400 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat mukayyidi

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 48 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Reji müdüriyeti kâtip vekili

      Durrës (Dıraç) · Calculated age 48 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Kaza memuru

      Tirana (Tiran) · Calculated age 48 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesTahrirat kalemi görevlisiTirana (Tiran) · 0 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02004001859/60AH 12761885/86AH 13031859/60 (AH 1276) · Aşar mültezimi kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 21 · 250 kuruş1860/61 (AH 1277) · Aşar mültezimi kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 22 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1861/62 (AH 1278) · Aşar mültezimi kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 23 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1862/63 (AH 1279) · Aşar mültezimi kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 24 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Rüsumat dairesi mukayyidi · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 30 · 250 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 30 · 400 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 31 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Rüsumat dairesi sandık emini · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 32 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1870/71 (AH 1287) · Memleha kâtibi · Kavaye · age 32 · 400 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Memleha kâtibi · Kavaye · age 33 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Kuru tütün muvazene kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 37 · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Duhan fabrikaları memuru · Draç sancağı; Tiran ve Elbasan kazaları · age 42 · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 46 · 125 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Nüfus kâtibi · Tirana (Tiran) · age 47 · 125 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrirat mukayyidi · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 47 · 250 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrirat mukayyidi · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 48 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Reji müdüriyeti kâtip vekili · Durrës (Dıraç) · age 48 · 400 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaza memuru · Tirana (Tiran) · age 48 · 250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tiran [source]
Birth province
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1839/40 (AH 1255) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bakkal [source]
Religion
İslam [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tiran [source]
First-salary field
250 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
1859/60 (AH 1276) [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 Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 312, 313

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