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Selim Efendi

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. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusuŞemamek · 250 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusu

      Şemamek · Calculated age 15 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusu · 2 career entriesŞemamek · Serçınar · 250; 300 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusu

      Şemamek · Calculated age 16 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 16 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 17 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 18 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 19 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 20 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 21 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 22 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibiSerçınar · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesSerçınar · Karatepe · 300 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Serçınar · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi

      Karatepe · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  11. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibiKaratepeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi

      Karatepe · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibiKaratepe · 350 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi

      Karatepe · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi

      · Calculated age 26 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi · 4 career entriesSerkat · Zab · 350; 400 kuruş

    1. Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi

      · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlak-ı Hümayun ikinci kâtibi

      Serkat · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Emlak-ı Hümayun ikinci kâtibi

      Serkat · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi

      Zab · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001889/90AH 13071901/02AH 13191889/90 (AH 1307) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusu · Şemamek · age 15 · 250 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi süvari kolcusu · Şemamek · age 16 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 16 · 300 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 17 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 18 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 19 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 20 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 21 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 22 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Serçınar · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi · age 26 · 350 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Emlak-ı Hümayun muavinliği kâtibi · age 27 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Emlak-ı Hümayun ikinci kâtibi · Serkat · age 27 · 350 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Emlak-ı Hümayun ikinci kâtibi · Serkat · age 27 · 400 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Emlak-ı Hümayun şubesi ikinci kâtibi · Zab · age 27 · 350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İdlib [source]
Birth province
Musul [source]
Birth year
1875/76 (AH 1292) [source]
Father’s occupation
Piyade zabtiye yüzbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.883 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
okur ve tekellüm eder [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm-ı diniye öğrenimi [source]
Education
Mahalli 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
13 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Şemamek [source]
First-salary field
250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [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. 3 Numaralı Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Hazîne-i Hâssa'da görev yapan memurlar

    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 95, 96

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