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Selim 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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)İkinci Daire-i Belediye sandık memuruAleppo (Halep) · 300 kuruş
  2. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muaviniAleppo (Halep) · 250 kuruş
  3. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muaviniAleppo (Halep) · 500 kuruş
  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Muhasebe maiyeti evveliAleppo (Halep) · 600 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe maiyeti evveli

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  5. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Muhasebe maiyeti evveliAleppo (Halep) · 700 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe maiyeti evveli

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 27 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  6. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Muhasebe maiyeti evveliAleppo (Halep) · 700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Muhasebe maiyeti evveli

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 28 · 700 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Muhasebe maiyeti evveliAleppo (Halep) · 800 kuruş

    1. Muhasebe maiyeti evveli

      Aleppo (Halep) · Calculated age 29 · 800 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  8. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebecisiMosul (Musul) · 2,000 kuruş
  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebecisiBaghdad (Bağdat) · 2,250 kuruş
  10. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Vilayet Emlak-ı Miriyye İdaresi muhasebe başkâtibiIoannina (Yanya)
  11. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebe başkâtibiIoannina (Yanya) · 2,250 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebe başkâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 49 · 2,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  12. Undated entriesInfisal

Recorded pay

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

01,1252,2501879/80AH 12971908/09AH 13261879/80 (AH 1297) · İkinci Daire-i Belediye sandık memuru · Aleppo (Halep) · age 20 · 300 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muavini · Aleppo (Halep) · age 24 · 250 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtip muavini · Aleppo (Halep) · age 25 · 500 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Muhasebe maiyeti evveli · Aleppo (Halep) · age 26 · 600 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Muhasebe maiyeti evveli · Aleppo (Halep) · age 27 · 700 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Muhasebe maiyeti evveli · Aleppo (Halep) · age 28 · 700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Muhasebe maiyeti evveli · Aleppo (Halep) · age 29 · 800 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebecisi · Mosul (Musul) · age 40 · 2,000 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu muhasebecisi · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 44 · 2,250 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu muhasebe başkâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 49 · 2,250 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 407 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Hâkim [source]
French
Hâkim [source]
Turkish
Hâkim [source]
Education
Halep mahalli Millet Mektebi [source]
Qualification
Diploması 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
Halep [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1879/80 (AH 1297) [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 kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 59, 60

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