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Serkiz 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. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Gümrük idaresinde görevBilecik

    1. Gümrük idaresinde görev

      Bilecik · Calculated age 16

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1881/82 (AH 1299)İpek açık artırma kâtibi · 2 career entriesBilecik · 190; 600 kuruş

    1. İpek açık artırma kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 17 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 17 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibiBilecik · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 18 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibiBilecik · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 19 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibiBilecik · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 20 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · 2 career entriesBilecik · 190; 600 kuruş

    1. Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 21 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 21 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibiBilecik · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 22 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibiBilecik · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 23 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibiBilecik · 190 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 24 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · 2 career entriesBilecik · Gölpazarı · 190; 350 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi

      Bilecik · Calculated age 25 · 190 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Müzayede memuru

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 25 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Müzayede memuruGölpazarı · 350 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Müzayede memuru

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 26 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Müzayede memuru · 2 career entriesGölpazarı · 350 kuruş

    1. Müzayede memuru

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Müzayede memuru (Azil)

      Gölpazarı · Calculated age 27

      [1]

  13. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Düyun-ı Umumiye kitabet yardımcısıİznik · 250 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye kitabet yardımcısı

      İznik · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık eminiMihaliç · 400 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini

      Mihaliç · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesDüyun-ı Umumiye memuruİznik · 300 kuruş

    1. Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

      İznik · 300 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001881/82AH 12991899/1900AH 13171881/82 (AH 1299) · İpek açık artırma kâtibi · Bilecik · age 17 · 190 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · Bilecik · age 17 · 600 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · Bilecik · age 18 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · Bilecik · age 19 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · Bilecik · age 20 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tütün yazı yoklama kâtibi · Bilecik · age 21 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · age 21 · 190 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · age 22 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · age 23 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · age 24 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müzayede kâtibi · Bilecik · age 25 · 190 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Müzayede memuru · Gölpazarı · age 25 · 350 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Müzayede memuru · Gölpazarı · age 26 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Müzayede memuru · Gölpazarı · age 27 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Düyun-ı Umumiye kitabet yardımcısı · İznik · age 32 · 250 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez memuriyeti kâtibi ve sandık emini · Mihaliç · age 35 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bilecik [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
Rençber [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:50, s.327 [1]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okuryazar [1]
Education
Ermeni 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
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bilecik [source]
First work year
1880/81 (AH 1298) [source]

Other recorded details

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

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 Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları

    MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 77, 78

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