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Salih Vasfi Efendi

Born 1848/49 (AH 1265) · Berkovitsa (Berkofça) · Dated entries 1865 to 1893 (AH 1282 to 1310)

Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Berkovitsa (Berkofça)AyvarcaBranaKočani (Koçana)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Berkovitsa (Berkofça)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1848/49 (AH 1265)

    Berkovitsa (Berkofça)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1865/66 (AH 1282)

    Ayvarca / ayvarca

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Ayvarca

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 17

    2. ayvarca

      rüsumat kâtibi

      Calculated age 17

  3. 3

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Kesendire

    Not yet located on the map: Kesendire

      All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

    1. 4

      1881/82 (AH 1299)

      Biyanca

      Not yet located on the map: Biyanca

        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1885/86 (AH 1303) · 7 recorded years

        Brana

        AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.

          All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1892/93 (AH 1310)

          Brana / Kočani (Koçana)

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          1. Brana

            Kaymakam

            Calculated age 45

            Continuing service as described

          2. Kočani (Koçana)

            Kaymakam

            Calculated age 45

          All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

        9 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.

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        Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

        Pay over time

        Pay in its time

        Current collection salary comparison

        Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

        No annual salary observations are available for this official.

        Career patterns and pay

        Where the career is recorded

        Distinct AH years with career entries
        1. 1885 to 1893 (AH 1303 to 1310)
        2. ayvarca1
          1865/66 (AH 1282)
        3. Biyanca1
          1881/82 (AH 1299)
        4. Kesendire1
          1878 (AH 1295)
        5. 1892/93 (AH 1310)

        Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

        Titles across the recorded years

        Distinct AH years with each recorded title
        1. 1885 to 1893 (AH 1303 to 1310)
        2. 1878 (AH 1295)
        3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)
        4. 1865/66 (AH 1282)

        The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

        Related officials in the salary reference

        All related groups and salary ranks

        Education and personal record

        Schooling kasaba medresesi [source]

        Language skills and historical terms

        Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

        Honours and other personal details

        Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
        1 (recorded code) [source]
        All personal fields and their sources

        Sources and evidence

        1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

          FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 116, 117

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        The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

        Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated AH years

        Annual salary study and register readings

        The separate annual salary reference account has 13 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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