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Besen Efendi

Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Çemişgezek · Career evidence 1880 to 1907 (AH 1298 to 1324)

Archival reference 401 DH_SAİDd_____00143_00241

Follow 11 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1ÇemişgezekMazgirtCarsancak
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 11 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.

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

  1. 1

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Çemişgezek

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Dersim

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Dersim

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Dersim vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Dersim / Mazgirt

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Dersim

    1. Dersim

      Dersim vilayeti mektubi kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mazgirt

      Mazgird sancağı vergi katibi refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Mazgirt

    1. Mazgird sancağı vergi katibi refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Mazgirt / Carsancak

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mazgirt

      Mazgird sancağı vergi katibi refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Carsancak

      Çarsancak kazası vergi ve tahrir katibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Carsancak

    1. Çarsancak kazası vergi ve tahrir katibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Carsancak / Mazgirt

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Carsancak

      Çarsancak kazası vergi ve tahrir katibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mazgirt

      Mazgird sancağı vergi memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  8. 8

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Mazgirt

    1. Mazgird sancağı vergi memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  9. 9

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Mazgirt / Place not recorded / Dersim

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded; Dersim

    1. Mazgirt

      Mazgird sancağı vergi memuru

      600 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      Infisal

      Calculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Dersim

      Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi aza mülazımı

      270 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Dersim

      Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  10. 10

    1888/89 (AH 1306) · 18 recorded years

    Dersim

    AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Dersim

    1. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    9. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    10. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    11. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    12. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    13. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    14. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    15. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    16. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    17. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    18. Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  11. 11

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Dersim / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Dersim; Location not recorded

    1. Dersim

      Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Dersim

      Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Dersim

      Dersim sancağı bidayet mahkemesi icra memuru vekili

      100 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Place not recorded

      Nakil

      Calculated age 46

      Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other 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
03006001881/82AH 12991894/95AH 13121906/07AH 13241881/82 (AH 1299) · 250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 250 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 250 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 600 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 600 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 270 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · 500 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · 500 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · 500 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · 500 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · 500 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · 500 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · 500 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 500 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · 500 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · 500 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · 500 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · 500 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 500 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · 500 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · 500 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · 500 kuruş1905/06 (AH 1323) · 500 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 500 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 300 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · 100 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. Dersim22
    1880 to 1907 (AH 1298 to 1324)
  2. 1881 to 1888 (AH 1299 to 1305)
  3. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)

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. Dersim100 to 500
  2. Mazgirt250 to 600

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. 1887 to 1907 (AH 1305 to 1324)
  2. 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
  3. 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)
  4. 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  5. 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
  6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)

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
Çemişgezek[source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278)[source]
Archive references
401 DH_SAİDd_____00143_00241[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Çemişgezek sıbyan mektebi[source]
Education level equivalent
4[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
Qualification
Şehadetname ve icazetname yok[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
20[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Dersim[source]
First work year
1880/81 (AH 1298)[source]
Apprenticeship
0.58[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre çemişgezekli devlet memurları

    YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 337, 338

    401 DH_SAİDd_____00143_00241

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 27 dated years

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