Danyal Saib Bey
Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1873 to 1885 (AH 1290 to 1302)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Rum (as recorded), Turkish
The life
Danyal Saib Bey was born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The father’s occupation was Manifatura tüccarı. Schooling included Sıbyan, rüşdiye, Mahrec-i Aklam, idadi, Harbiye; Petersburg süvari ve topçu alayı mektepleri. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian, Rum (as recorded) and Turkish. [1]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1873/74 (AH 1290). Dated career entries span 1873/74 (AH 1290) to 1884/85 (AH 1302) across 9 AH years and ending with entries for Kars şehbenderi. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Petersburg, Anadolu Harp Ordusu, Hasan Kalesi and Crete (Girit) and 5 other named places. [1]
Life and career
Follow 10 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.
Stage 1 of 10 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1852/53 (AH 1269)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Birth
2 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
First work as recorded
Calculated age 21
Erkan-ı harbiye yüzbaşısı
Calculated age 21
3 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Petersburg / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Anadolu Harp Ordusu / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Petersburg; Anadolu Harp Ordusu; Location not recorded
Petersburg
Petersburg Sefareti ataşemiliteri
Calculated age 25
Place not recorded
Erkan-ı harbiye binbaşısı
Calculated age 25
4 1878 (AH 1295)
Hasan Kalesi / Crete (Girit)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Hasan Kalesi
Hasan Kalesi
Rus ordugâhına gönderilen murahhas
Calculated age 26
Muhtar Paşa maiyetinde Girit ıslahat memuru
Calculated age 26
5 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Üsküp, Priştine, Prizren, İpek, Yakova
Not yet located on the map: Üsküp, Priştine, Prizren, İpek, Yakova
Üçüncü Ordu müşiri maiyetinde Arnavutluk ıslahat görevlisi
Calculated age 27
6 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Seraskerlik Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi Konak ve Menzil Şubesi görevlisi
Calculated age 28
7 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Rumeli; Cisr-i Mustafa Paşa, Edirne, Dedeağaç, Kırkağaç, Gelibolu, Tekfurdağı
Not yet located on the map: Rumeli; Cisr-i Mustafa Paşa, Edirne, Dedeağaç, Kırkağaç, Gelibolu, Tekfurdağı
8 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Petersburg / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Rami Çiftlik-i Hümayunu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Petersburg; Rami Çiftlik-i Hümayunu
Petersburg
Rauf Paşa maiyetinde III. Aleksandır'ın cülusunu tebrik heyeti görevlisi
Calculated age 30
Rami Çiftlik-i Hümayunu
Bosna ve Şemni muhacirlerinin meskenlerini tayin memuru
Calculated age 30
9 1883/84 (AH 1301)
İran hududu
Not yet located on the map: İran hududu
İran hududunu değiştirme ve hudut haritasını alma görevlisi
Calculated age 32
10 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Kars
Kars şehbenderi
2,000 kuruşCalculated age 33
8 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.
- Mütareke hattını belirleme görevi · Erzurum · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Anadolu Harp Ordusu memuru · Erzincan · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Muhtar Paşa maiyetinde Yunan Hudut Komisyonu görevlisi · Yunan hududu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Görevin sona ermesi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Yanya Fırka-i Askeriyesi görevlisi · Ioannina (Yanya) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Üçüncü Ordu erkan-ı harbiye reisi vekili · Üçüncü Ordu merkezi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hassa Ordusu Süvari Birinci Fırkası erkan-ı harbiye reisi · Hassa Ordusu Süvari Birinci Fırkası · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Hassa Ordusu erkan-ı harbiye görevlisi · Hassa Ordusu · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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.
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesThe 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- Kars2,000
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 titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 253, 254
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