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Ahmed Şükrü Pa şa

Born 1839/40 (AH 1255) · Balıkesir · Career evidence 1855 to 1896 (AH 1272 to 1313)

Archival reference DH. SA İD 72/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 75/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 72/115

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  1. 1839/40 (AH 1255)
  2. 1855/56 (AH 1272)

    First work as recorded

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

  1. 1855/56 (AH 1272)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)

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  2. 1856/57 (AH 1273)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

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  3. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

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  4. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

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  5. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

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  6. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Continuing service described by the source

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  7. 1861/62 (AH 1278)Bâb-ı Seraskeri Mektubi ve Maliye Masarifat Muhasebe kalemleri mülazımı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Karesi Sancağı · 1,000 kuruş

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  8. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Muhasebe Kalemi refakati · 2 career entriesKaresi Sancağı · Edremit · 1,500 kuruş

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  9. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Nahiye Müdürü · 2 career entriesEdremit · 1,500 kuruş

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  10. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Nahiye Müdürü · 3 career entriesKapıdağı · Edremit · 1,500 kuruş

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  11. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Nahiye MüdürüEdremitContinuing service described by the source

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  12. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Nahiye MüdürüEdremitContinuing service described by the source

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  13. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Nahiye Müdürü · 2 career entriesEdremit · 2,290 kuruş

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  14. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Kaymakam · 3 career entriesEdremit · Eyüb · 2,290; 3,000 kuruş

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  15. 1869/70 (AH 1286)KaymakamEyübContinuing service described by the source

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  16. 1870/71 (AH 1287)KaymakamEyübContinuing service described by the source

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  17. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Kaymakam · 4 career entriesEyüb · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,850 kuruş

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  18. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 3,000 kuruş

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  19. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  20. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  21. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azası · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Şehremaneti, İstanbul · 3,000 kuruş

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  22. 1878 (AH 1295)Meclis-i İdare azası · 3 career entriesŞehremaneti, İstanbul · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 3,000; 5,000 kuruş

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  23. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Zabıta MüdürüIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 5,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

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  24. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Zabıta Müdürü · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 5,000 kuruş

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  25. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Merkez MutasarrıfıThessaloniki (Selanik) · 4,000 kuruş

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  26. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Merkez MutasarrıfıThessaloniki (Selanik)Continuing service described by the source

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  27. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Merkez MutasarrıfıThessaloniki (Selanik) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · 5,000 kuruş

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  28. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Merkez Mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 5,000 kuruş

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  29. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Merkez Mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 5,000 kuruş

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  30. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  31. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  32. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  33. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  34. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Merkez Mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · 6,000 kuruş

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  35. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  36. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  37. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Merkez MutasarrıfıShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

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  38. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Merkez Mutasarrıfı · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Thessaloniki (Selanik)

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

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

03,0006,0001861/62AH 12781877/78AH 12941891/92AH 13091861/62 (AH 1278) · Muhasebe Kalemi refakati · Karesi Sancağı · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş1862/63 (AH 1279) · Nahiye Müdürü · Edremit · age 24 · 1,500 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Nahiye Müdürü · Edremit · age 25 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1864/65 (AH 1281) · Nahiye Müdürü · Kapıdağı · age 26 · 1,500 kuruş1864/65 (AH 1281) · Nahiye Müdürü · Edremit · age 26 · 1,500 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Kaymakam · Edremit · age 29 · 2,290 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Kaymakam · Edremit · age 30 · 2,290 kuruş · Source-bounded service1868/69 (AH 1285) · Kaymakam · Eyüb · age 30 · 3,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Kaymakam · Eyüb · age 33 · 2,850 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Merkez Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 33 · 2,850 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 36 · 3,000 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 38 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Zabtiye Nezareti Meclis-i İdare azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 39 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Meclis-i İdare azası · Şehremaneti, İstanbul · age 39 · 3,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Meclis-i İdare azası · Şehremaneti, İstanbul · age 40 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Zabıta Müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 40 · 5,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Zabıta Müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 41 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Zabıta Müdürü · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 5,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Merkez Mutasarrıfı · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 45 · 4,000 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Merkez Mutasarrıfı · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 47 · 5,000 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Vali Muavini · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 48 · 5,000 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Vali Muavini (işe mübaşeret) · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 49 · 5,000 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Vali Muavini · Thessaloniki (Selanik) · age 54 · 6,000 kuruş

Points show amounts attached to dated career entries, including labelled continuing-service and reconstructed years. Separate rates within a year remain separate; the points do not measure annual receipts or total earnings.

Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

BalıkesirShkodër (İşkodra)İstanbulEdremitThessaloniki (Selanik)
BalıkesirShkodër (İşkodra)İstanbulEdremitThessaloniki (Selanik)

All recorded places. Select a career entry or pay point to highlight its place.

Not drawn. No position recorded: Karesi Sancağı, Kapıdağı, Eyüb, Şehremaneti, İstanbul.

Some locality or province names have no agreed point position. They remain in the chronology and list; they are not placed at a guessed provincial capital.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

BalıkesirSupporting accounts

Birth year

1839/40 (AH 1255)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

Kars MutasarrıfıSupporting accounts

Archive references

DH. SA İD 72/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 75/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 72/115[1]

Education and languages

Persian

AşinaSupporting accounts

Turkish

KitâbetSupporting accounts

Education

İbtidai; RüşdiyeSupporting accounts

Education level equivalent

7Supporting accounts

The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

17Supporting accounts

Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place

İstanbulSupporting accounts

First work year

1855/56 (AH 1272)Supporting accounts

Apprenticeship

6Supporting accounts

Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. II. Abdülhamid döneminde Balıkesirli mülki görevliler hakkında bir inceleme (sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre 1879 -1909)

    SERAP SUNAY · 2007 · Pages 161, 202, 203, 204, 205

    DH. SA İD 72/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 75/115; BOA. DH. SAİD 72/115

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