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Ömer Sabri 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. 1845/46 (AH 1262)Kara Gümrüğü başkâtibiAdana · 350 kuruş

    1. Kara Gümrüğü başkâtibi

      Adana · Calculated age 17 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  2. Undated entriesTicaret Meclisi azası · 6 career entriesAdana · Kozan · Payas · 500; 1,760; 1,800; 2,000; 2,090 kuruş

    3. Tahrirat müdürü

      Kozan · 2,090 kuruş

      [1]

    5. Evrak Müdürü

      Adana · 1,800 kuruş

      [1]

    6. Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

      Kozan · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01753501845/46AH 12621845/46 (AH 1262) · Kara Gümrüğü başkâtibi · Adana · age 17 · 350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tarsus [source]
Birth year
1829/30 (AH 1245) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 00001-00411 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Persian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Adana [source]
First-salary field
350 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
1845/46 (AH 1262) [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 Tarsus doğumlu memurlar

    MUSTAFA TURŞUCU · 2025 · Pages 43, 48, 50, 59, 79, 112, 113

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