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Ali Rıza Efendi

Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Mecca (Mekke) · Career evidence 1879 to 1905 (AH 1297 to 1322)

Follow 17 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Mecca (Mekke)Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)Zabid (Zebid)LihyeTaiz
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Selected stage connections

All 17 dated stops · select a number or read the account.

How to read this map

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.

8 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Mecca (Mekke)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 4 recorded years

    Mecca (Mekke)

    AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Ambar kâtibi

      256.5 kuruşCalculated age 19

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Merkez mukayyidliği refiki

      160 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Mecca (Mekke) / Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Mecca (Mekke)

      Merkez mukayyidliği refiki

      160 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)

      Aşar müdürlüğü ikinci refiki

      800 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde) / Zabid (Zebid) / Lihye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)

      Aşar müdürlüğü ikinci refiki

      800 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Lihye

      Aşar ve ağnam memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Lihye / Salif

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Salif

    1. Lihye

      Aşar ve ağnam memuru

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Salif

      Memleha memuru

      450 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Salif

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Salif

    1. Memleha memuru

      450 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Memleha müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  7. 7

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Salif / Hizan / Zabid (Zebid) / Cebin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Salif; Hizan; Cebin

    1. Salif

      Memleha müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Cebin

      Nahiye müdürü vekili (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 8 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1888/89 (AH 1306) · 2 recorded years

    Aden

    AH entries: 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Aden

    1. Mal Müdürü

      720 kuruşCalculated age 28

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1890/91 (AH 1308) · 4 recorded years

    Hicriye

    AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Hicriye

    1. Mal Müdürü

      900 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Hicriye / Taiz

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Hicriye

    1. Hicriye

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Taiz

      Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Taiz / Ka'tıba

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Ka'tıba

    1. Taiz

      Muhasebe Kalemi mesalih-i cariye kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Ka'tıba

      Mal Müdürü

      1,125 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Ka'tıba

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Ka'tıba

    1. Mal Müdürü

      1,125 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mal müdürü (Azil)

      Calculated age 36

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  13. 13

    1898/99 (AH 1316) · 2 recorded years

    Ka'tıba

    AH entries: 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.

    Kept as text: Ka'tıba

    1. Mal Müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  14. 14

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Ka'tıba / Mefale

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Ka'tıba; Mefale

    1. Ka'tıba

      Mal Müdürü

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Mefale

      Gümrük Müdürü

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  15. 15

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Mefale

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Mefale

    1. Gümrük Müdürü

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Gümrük müdürü (Azil)

      Calculated age 41

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  16. 16

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Reside

    Kept as text: Reside

    1. Gümrük Müdürü

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  17. 17

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Reside / Taiz

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Reside

    1. Reside

      Gümrük Müdürü

      1,200 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Taiz

      Kordon başkâtibi

      1,000 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

3 entries 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; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other 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. Hicriye5
    1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)
  2. Ka'tıba5
    1895 to 1901 (AH 1313 to 1318)
  3. 1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)
  4. Salif3
    1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  5. 1894 to 1905 (AH 1312 to 1322)
  6. Aden2
    1888 to 1890 (AH 1306 to 1307)

The six most recorded places. 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. Hicriye450 to 900
  2. Ka'tıba1,000 to 1,125
  3. Mecca (Mekke)110 to 256.5
  4. Salif450 to 1,000
  5. Taiz400 to 1,000
  6. Aden720

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1888 to 1901 (AH 1306 to 1318)
  2. 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
  3. 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)
  4. 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)
  5. 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
  6. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

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
Mekke[source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278)[source]
Father’s occupation
Hudeyde Sancağı eski muhasebecisi[source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm; özel hocadan bir miktar Arapça ve Farsça[source]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; özel hoca[source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Hicaz[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 97, 98, 99

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 24 dated years

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