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Osman Nuri Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Sivas · Dated entries 1875 to 1908 (AH 1292 to 1325)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

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1SivasIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 11 · Sivas

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. tahsil için İstanbul'a geliş (Bayezid dersi)

      Calculated age 20

  3. 3

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1881/82 (AH 1299)

      İstanbul (Üsküdar)

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        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1883/84 (AH 1301)

        Place not recorded

        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

          All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

        1. 6

          1888/89 (AH 1306)

          Place not recorded

          Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

          1. 7

            1891/92 (AH 1309)

            Place not recorded

            Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

              All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

            1. 8

              1896/97 (AH 1314)

              Place not recorded

              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

              1. 9

                1898/99 (AH 1316) · 2 recorded years

                Place not recorded

                AH entries: 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.

                Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

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                1. 10

                  1903/04 (AH 1321) · 3 recorded years

                  Place not recorded

                  AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

                  Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

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                  1. 11

                    1907/08 (AH 1325)

                    Place not recorded

                    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                    1. Mavsıle-i Süleymaniye ve ardından Hâmise-i Süleymaniye müderrisliği rüusları

                      Calculated age 53

                  23 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.

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                  Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

                  Pay over time

                  Pay in its time

                  Current collection salary comparison

                  Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

                  No annual salary observations are available for this official.

                  Career patterns and pay

                  Where the career is recorded

                  Distinct AH years with career entries
                  1. 1875/76 (AH 1292)

                  Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                  Titles across the recorded years

                  Distinct AH years with each recorded title
                  1. 1888/89 (AH 1306)
                  2. 1905/06 (AH 1323)
                  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
                  4. 1891/92 (AH 1309)
                  5. 1878 (AH 1295)
                  6. 1898/99 (AH 1316)

                  The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

                  Related officials in the salary reference

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                  Education and personal record

                  Qualification Formal qualification recorded; ulûm-ı âliye icazetnamesi; müderrislik rüusu (Hâmise-i Süleymaniye) [1]

                  Schooling medrese dersleri ve icazet (Sivas; İstanbul Bayezid, Üsküdar) [source]

                  Language skills and historical terms

                  Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

                  All personal fields and their sources

                  Sources and evidence

                  1. İstanbul Müftülüğü Meşihat Arşivinde Sivas başlığı altında bulunan sicil dosyaları

                    CENAN GÜRBÜZ · 2010 · Pages 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115

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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 · 12 dated AH years

                  Annual salary study and register readings

                  The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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