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Ahmet Vefik Efendi

Born 1860/61 (AH 1277) · Hersek · Career evidence 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1HersekÇanakkaleÇeşmeFIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

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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.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1860/61 (AH 1277)

    Hersek

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Çanakkale

    1. Gümrük müdüriyeti dairesi görevlisi

      Calculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Çeşme

    1. Gümrük memuriyeti kâtibi

      160 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Place not recorded

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Bakanlığa bağlı gümrük görevlisi

      160 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Entry & evidence →[1]

5 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.

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
0801601881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001881/82 (AH 1299) · 160 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 160 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. 1880/81 (AH 1298)
  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)

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
hersek[source]
Birth year
1860/61 (AH 1277)[source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133; 112 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133.; 113 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133.[1]BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133[1]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code)[source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code)[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

First work place
İstanbul[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Hersek doğumlu Osmanlı devlet memurları

    GÖKÇE YANARDAĞ · 2024 · Pages 55

    BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133; 112 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133.; 113 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133.; BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 9/133

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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 · 3 dated years

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