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Osman Vasfettin 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. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · 60 kuruş
    1. Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı

      · Calculated age 15 · 60 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · 60 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı

      · Calculated age 16 · 60 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · 2 career entries · 60; 100 kuruş
    1. Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı

      · Calculated age 17 · 60 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hademesi

      · Calculated age 17 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Kiler hademesi · 100 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Kiler hademesi

      · Calculated age 18 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Kiler hademesi · 100; 140 kuruş
    1. Kiler hademesi

      · Calculated age 19 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kiler hademesi

      · Calculated age 19 · 140 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Kiler hademesi · 2 career entries · 140 kuruş
    1. Kiler hademesi

      · Calculated age 20 · 140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 20 · 140 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · 140; 200 kuruş
    1. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 21 · 140 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 21 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 22 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · 200; 300 kuruş
    1. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 23 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · 300; 350 kuruş
    1. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi

      · Calculated age 24 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01753501891/92AH 13091900/01AH 13181891/92 (AH 1309) · Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · age 15 · 60 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · age 16 · 60 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Matbah-ı Hassa talebekârı · age 17 · 60 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Kiler hademesi · age 17 · 100 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Kiler hademesi · age 18 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kiler hademesi · age 19 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Kiler hademesi · age 19 · 140 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Kiler hademesi · age 20 · 140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 20 · 140 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 21 · 140 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 21 · 200 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 22 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 23 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 23 · 300 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Matbah-ı Amire zammı ketebesi · age 24 · 350 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
ortahisar [source]
Birth year
1877/78 (AH 1294) [source]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Mahalle Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Ürgüp Mekteb-i Rüşdisi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
60 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
1891/92 (AH 1309) [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. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 109, 110

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