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Kadri Paşa

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. 1849/50 (AH 1266)Nüfus mukayyitliği · 2 career entriesGaziantep (Antep) · 250 kuruş

    1. Nüfus mukayyitliği

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 18 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Nüfus mukayyidi

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 18 · 250 kuruş

      [2]

  2. 1850/51 (AH 1267)Nüfus mukayyidiGaziantep (Antep) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus mukayyidi

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  3. 1851/52 (AH 1268)Nüfus mukayyidiGaziantep (Antep) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Nüfus mukayyidi

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  4. 1852/53 (AH 1269)Nüfus nazırlığı · 2 career entriesGaziantep (Antep) · 500 kuruş

    1. Nüfus nazırlığı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Nüfus nazırı

      Gaziantep (Antep) · Calculated age 21 · 500 kuruş

      [2]

  5. 1857/58 (AH 1274)Tercüme Odası memurluğu · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruş
  6. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 27 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  7. 1859/60 (AH 1276)Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Rumeli · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 28 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  8. 1860/61 (AH 1277)Girit Vilayeti kapı kethüdalığı · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,500 kuruş

    2. Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 29 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  9. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Mahkeme-i Ticaret-i Bahriye reisliği · 3 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 3,500; 5,000 kuruş

    2. Posta nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 32 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. Mahkeme-i Ticaret-i Bahriye reisi

      · Calculated age 32 · 3,500 kuruş

      [2]

  10. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Posta nazırı · 5,000 kuruş

    1. Posta nazırı

      · Calculated age 33 · 5,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [2]

  11. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Meclis-i Âlâ Hazine başkâtipliği · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Crete (Girit) · 7,500 kuruş

    4. Meclis-i Âli-i Hazain başkâtibi

      · Calculated age 34 · 7,500 kuruş

      [2]

  12. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Meclis-i İdare-i Bahriye reisiTersane · 12,000 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Bahriye reisi

      Tersane · Calculated age 36 · 12,000 kuruş

      [2]

  13. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Şûrâ-yı Devlet azalığı · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Iran · Bağdat; İran sınırı · 7,500 kuruş

    1. Şûrâ-yı Devlet azalığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 37 · 7,500 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Şûrâ-yı Devlet üyesi

      · Calculated age 37 · 7,500 kuruş

      [2]

    5. Osmanlı-İran meselelerini tahkik için geçici memur

      Bağdat; İran sınırı · Calculated age 37

      [2]

  14. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Şûrâ-yı Devlet azalığı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,000 kuruş

    2. Şûrâ-yı Devlet azalığı (İnfisal)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 40

      [1]

    3. Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet)

      · Calculated age 40 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Infisal

      · Calculated age 40

      [2] · 2 linked entries

  15. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet) · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,000; 10,000; 15,000 kuruş

    1. Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet)

      · Calculated age 41 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Nafia Nezareti müsteşarlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 41 · 10,000 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Nafia Nezareti ikinci müsteşarı

      · Calculated age 41 · 10,000 kuruş

      [2]

    5. Nafia Nezareti birinci müsteşarı

      · Calculated age 41 · 15,000 kuruş

      [2]

  16. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Altıncı Daire başkanlığı, ikinci defa · 5 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 15,000 kuruş

    3. Altıncı Daire reisi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 42 · 15,000 kuruş

      [2]

    4. Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı

      · Calculated age 42 · 15,000 kuruş

      [2]

    5. Nafia Meclisi reisi

      · Calculated age 42

      [2]

  17. 1874/75 (AH 1291)ŞehreminiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 30,000 kuruş

    1. Şehremini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 43 · 30,000 kuruş

      [2]

  18. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Nafia nazırlığı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 40,000 kuruş

    1. Nafia nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 44 · 40,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Nafia nazırı

      · Calculated age 44 · 40,000 kuruş

      [2]

    4. Bahriye müsteşarı

      · Calculated age 44

      [2]

  19. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Şehreminliği, ikinci defa · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 25,000 kuruş

    1. Şehreminliği, ikinci defa

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 45 · 25,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Şehremini

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 45 · 25,000 kuruş

      [2]

  20. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisliği · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 40,000 kuruş

    1. Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisliği

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 46 · 40,000 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi

      · Calculated age 46 · 40,000 kuruş

      [2]

  21. 1878 (AH 1295)Sivas valiliği (Göreve başlanmadı) · 5 career entriesSivas · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 35,000; 40,000 kuruş

    2. Bağdat valiliği

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 47 · 40,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dahiliye nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 47 · 35,000 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Bağdat valisi

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 47 · 40,000 kuruş

      [2]

    5. Dahiliye nazırı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 47 · 35,000 kuruş

      [2]

  22. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Dahiliye nazırlığı · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 20,000; 35,000 kuruş

    1. Dahiliye nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 48 · 35,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ticaret nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 48 · 20,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Dahiliye nazırı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 48 · 35,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    4. Ticaret nazırı

      · Calculated age 48 · 20,000 kuruş

      [2]

  23. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Ticaret nazırlığı · 7 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Edirne · 20,000 kuruş

    1. Ticaret nazırlığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 49 · 20,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Edirne valiliği

      Edirne · Calculated age 49

      [1]

    5. Ticaret nazırı

      · Calculated age 49 · 20,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    6. Başvekil

      · Calculated age 49

      [2]

    7. Azil

      · Calculated age 49

      [2]

  24. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Edirne valisiEdirne · 25,000 kuruş

    1. Edirne valisi

      Edirne · Calculated age 51 · 25,000 kuruş

      [2]

  25. 1883/84 (AH 1301)VefatEdirneDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      Edirne · Calculated age 53

      [1]

    2. Vefat

      · Calculated age 53

      [2]

  26. Undated entriesAltıncı Daire başkanlığı · 8 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,000; 7,500; 10,000; 15,000 kuruş

    3. Görevin sona ermesi

      [2] · 2 linked entries

    8. Mazuliyet

      · 2,000 kuruş · career status entry

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

020,00040,0001849/50AH 12661881/82AH 12991849/50 (AH 1266) · Nüfus mukayyitliği · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 18 · 250 kuruş1849/50 (AH 1266) · Nüfus mukayyidi · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 18 · 250 kuruş1850/51 (AH 1267) · Nüfus mukayyidi · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 19 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1851/52 (AH 1268) · Nüfus mukayyidi · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 20 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1852/53 (AH 1269) · Nüfus nazırlığı · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 21 · 500 kuruş1852/53 (AH 1269) · Nüfus nazırı · Gaziantep (Antep) · age 21 · 500 kuruş1857/58 (AH 1274) · Meclis-i Âlî-i Tanzimat mütercimliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 1,500 kuruş1857/58 (AH 1274) · Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 26 · 1,500 kuruş1858/59 (AH 1275) · Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 27 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1859/60 (AH 1276) · Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1860/61 (AH 1277) · Meclis-i Âli Tanzimat mütercimi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 29 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1863/64 (AH 1280) · Mahkeme-i Ticaret-i Bahriye reisliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 3,500 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Posta nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 5,000 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Mahkeme-i Ticaret-i Bahriye reisi · age 32 · 3,500 kuruş1864/65 (AH 1281) · Posta nazırı · age 33 · 5,000 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · Meclis-i Âlâ Hazine başkâtipliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 34 · 7,500 kuruş1865/66 (AH 1282) · Meclis-i Âli-i Hazain başkâtibi · age 34 · 7,500 kuruş1867/68 (AH 1284) · Meclis-i İdare-i Bahriye reisi · Tersane · age 36 · 12,000 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet azalığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 37 · 7,500 kuruş1868/69 (AH 1285) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet üyesi · age 37 · 7,500 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet) · age 40 · 2,000 kuruş · Career status entry1872/73 (AH 1289) · Mazuliyet maaşı (Mazuliyet) · age 41 · 2,000 kuruş · Career status entry1872/73 (AH 1289) · Nafia Nezareti müsteşarlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 41 · 10,000 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Nafia Nezareti müsteşar-ı evvelliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 41 · 15,000 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Nafia Nezareti ikinci müsteşarı · age 41 · 10,000 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Nafia Nezareti birinci müsteşarı · age 41 · 15,000 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Altıncı Daire başkanlığı, ikinci defa · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 15,000 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Altıncı Daire reisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 15,000 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı · age 42 · 15,000 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Şehremini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 43 · 30,000 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Nafia nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 44 · 40,000 kuruş1875/76 (AH 1292) · Nafia nazırı · age 44 · 40,000 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Şehreminliği, ikinci defa · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 45 · 25,000 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Şehremini · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 45 · 25,000 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisliği · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 46 · 40,000 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisi · age 46 · 40,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Bağdat valiliği · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 47 · 40,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Dahiliye nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 47 · 35,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Bağdat valisi · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 47 · 40,000 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Dahiliye nazırı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 47 · 35,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Dahiliye nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 48 · 35,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Ticaret nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 48 · 20,000 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Dahiliye nazırı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 48 · 35,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Ticaret nazırı · age 48 · 20,000 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Ticaret nazırlığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 49 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Ticaret nazırı · age 49 · 20,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Edirne valisi · Edirne · age 51 · 25,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ayıntab [source]
Birth year
1832/33 (AH 1248) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 00001/00007 [1]DH.SAİDd, 1-12 [2]CDAB, DH.SAİDd, 1-12 [2]

Education and languages

Education
Hususi muallim (Ayıntab ve Dersaadet) [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ayıntab [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
1849/50 (AH 1266) [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 Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Gaziantepli memurlar

    EDA CEREN ERKABALCI · 2019 · Pages 102, 103, 104

  2. Sicill-i ahval kayıtlarına göre Şûrâ-yı Devlet reisleri

    BURAK BALCI · 2025 · Pages 76, 77, 78

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