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Ali Rıza Efendi

Born 1838/39 (AH 1254) · Kemah · Career evidence 1854 to 1879 (AH 1271 to 1296)

Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Kemah2Istanbul (Dersaadet)TurhalEdirne
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 7 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.

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

  1. 1

    1838/39 (AH 1254)

    Kemah

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Postahane mülazımı

      Calculated age 17

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1857/58 (AH 1274)

    Turhal

    1. Posta Müdürü

      250 kuruşCalculated age 20

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1858/59 (AH 1275)

    Yanid

    Kept as text: Yanid

    1. Posta Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Yar

    Kept as text: Yar

    1. Posta Müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1874/75 (AH 1291) · 3 recorded years

    Edirne

    AH entries: 1291, 1292, 1293. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Posta Müdürü

      1,245 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Posta Müdürü

      1,245 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Posta Müdürü

      1,245 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Posta Müdürü

      1,445 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Postahane emanet memuru

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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
0722.51,4451857/58AH 12741868/69AH 12851878/79AH 12961857/58 (AH 1274) · 250 kuruş1858/59 (AH 1275) · 500 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · 1,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · 1,245 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · 1,245 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 1,245 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · 1,445 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · 1,000 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. 1874 to 1877 (AH 1291 to 1293)
  2. 1854 to 1879 (AH 1271 to 1296)
  3. 1857/58 (AH 1274)
  4. Yanid1
    1858/59 (AH 1275)
  5. Yar1
    1865/66 (AH 1282)

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. Edirne1,245 to 1,445
  2. Yanid500
  3. Yar1,000

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. 1857 to 1877 (AH 1274 to 1293)
  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
  3. 1854/55 (AH 1271)

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
Kemah[source]
Birth province
Erzurum[source]
Birth year
1838/39 (AH 1254)[source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar[source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi[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
İstanbul[source]
First work year
1854/55 (AH 1271)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları

    YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 43, 44

Read the original source accounts · 10 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 · 8 dated years

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