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Ali Cemal Efendi

Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Travnik · Career evidence 1883 to 1905 (AH 1301 to 1322)

Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1TravnikIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● 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.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

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

  1. 1

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Travnik

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Fes Fabrika-i Hümâyunu yoklama kâtibi

      Calculated age 21

      Entry & evidence →[2]

  3. 3

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 18 recorded years

    Fabrika-i Hümayun / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Fabrika-i Hümayun

    1. Fabrika-i Hümayun

      Fenn-i Fabrika-i Hümayun kitâbeti

      Calculated age 22

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Fes Fabrika-i Hümâyunu yoklama kâtibi

      750 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[2]

    All 45 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Fabrika-i Hümayun / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Fabrika-i Hümayun; Location not recorded

    1. Fabrika-i Hümayun

      Fenn-i Fabrika-i Hümayun kitâbeti

      750 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      Fes Fabrika-i Hümâyunu ikinci sınıf yoklama ve maaş kâtibi

      750 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Entry & evidence →[2]

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2 recorded years

    Fabrika-i Hümayun

    AH entries: 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Fabrika-i Hümayun

    1. Yoklama ve maaş kitâbeti

      750 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Yoklama ve maaş kitâbeti

      800 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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

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. Fabrika-i Hümayun21
    1884 to 1905 (AH 1302 to 1322)
  2. 1883 to 1903 (AH 1301 to 1320)

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. Fabrika-i Hümayun750 to 800

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. 1883 to 1903 (AH 1301 to 1320)
  2. 1884 to 1903 (AH 1302 to 1320)
  3. 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
  4. 1902/03 (AH 1320)

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
Travnik[source]
Birth province
Bosna[source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280)[source]
Archive references
168 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 116/85. 115[1]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 116/85; 227 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 116/85, s.85.[2]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
208 kuruş (personal first-salary field)[source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

    MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 129

    168 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 116/85. 115

  2. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 122, 123

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 116/85; 227 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 116/85, s.85.

Read the original source accounts · 55 source entries →

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 22 dated years

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