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Sırrı Bey

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. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesVarna · 400 kuruş
    1. Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi · 2 career entriesVarna · 400 kuruş
    1. Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi

      Varna · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  3. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Niş Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarlığıNiš (Niş) · 1,000 kuruş
    1. Niş Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı

      Niš (Niş) · Calculated age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

05001,0001897/98AH 13151900/01AH 13181897/98 (AH 1315) · Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi · Varna · age 27 · 400 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Varna Tüccar Vekâleti kâtibi · Varna · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Niş Başşehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı · Niš (Niş) · age 30 · 1,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Filibe [source]
Birth province
Rumeli-i Şarkî [source]
Birth year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]
Father’s occupation
Filibe İslam cemaati başkâtibi [source]

Education and languages

Bulgarian
Aşina [source]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Edebiyat ve ulum şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Filibe sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri; Mekteb-i Sultani [source]
Education level equivalent
12 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1897/98 (AH 1315) [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. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 198, 199

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