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Ali Rıza Efendi

Born 1878/79 (AH 1296) · Pristina (Priştine) · Career evidence 1895 to 1903 (AH 1313 to 1320)

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 98-235

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

1Pristina (Priştine)2Katerini (Katerin)Bitola (Manastır)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 6 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

How to read this map

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.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Pristina (Priştine)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Katerini (Katerin)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 17

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1896/97 (AH 1314) · 3 recorded years

    Katerini (Katerin)

    AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.

    1. Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 18

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Katerini (Katerin) / Bitola (Manastır)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Katerini (Katerin)

      Mal Kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Bitola (Manastır)

      Maa-tahrir Vergi Kalemleri stajyeri

      Calculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Bitola (Manastır) / Manastır Merkez Kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Manastır Merkez Kazası

    1. Bitola (Manastır)

      Maa-tahrir Vergi Kalemleri stajyeri

      Calculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Manastır Merkez Kazası

      Tadilat-ı Umumiye 1. Fırkası mukayyidi

      350 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Bitola (Manastır)

    1. İkinci muharrir (İstifa)

      Calculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; they are year labels, not exact date conversions. 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
01753501900/01AH 13181900/01 (AH 1318) · 350 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● 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. 1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317)
  2. 1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)
  3. Manastır Merkez Kazası1
    1900/01 (AH 1318)

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. Manastır Merkez Kazası350

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. 1895 to 1900 (AH 1313 to 1317)
  2. 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)
  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)

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
Priştine[source]
Birth year
1878/79 (AH 1296)[source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i Şahane tüfekçisi[source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 98-235[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Debre-i Bala Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi[source]
Education level equivalent
7[source]3 (original schooling-year field)[1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Rüştiyeden diplomasız ayrılmış[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

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
Katerin[source]
First work year
1895/96 (AH 1313)[source]
Apprenticeship
5[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Priştineli memurlar

    ÖMER CAN · 2023 · Pages 129, 130

    BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 98-235

Read the original source accounts · 9 source entries →

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 · 7 dated years

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