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Ömer Asım 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Tahrirat kalemine girişTolcu
    1. Tahrirat kalemine giriş

      Tolcu · Calculated age 17

      [1]

  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 18 · 370 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 19 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 20 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 21 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 22 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1878 (AH 1295)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 23 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 24 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 25 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 26 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 27 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 28 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 29 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 30 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidiTolcu · 370 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 31 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · 3 career entriesTolcu · Erzurum · 370 kuruş
    1. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi

      Tolcu · Calculated age 32 · 370 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi (Nakil)

      Tolcu · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Merkez müdde-i umumi muavini

      Erzurum · Calculated age 32 · 370 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01853701873/74AH 12901886/87AH 13041873/74 (AH 1290) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 18 · 370 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 19 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 20 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 21 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 22 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 23 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 24 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 25 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 26 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 27 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 28 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 29 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 30 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 31 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Tahrirat kalemi müsevvidi · Tolcu · age 32 · 370 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Merkez müdde-i umumi muavini · Erzurum · age 32 · 370 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ürgüp [source]
Birth province
Konya [source]
Birth year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tolcu ticaret reisi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00018/00037 [1]

Education and languages

French
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education detail
Arapça: meaniye kadar; Farsça: Divan-ı Hafız'a kadar; Mecelle-i Ahkâm-ı Adliye [source]
Education
Hususî hocalar [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Tolcu [source]
First work year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [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 Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 78

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