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Kezban Hanım

Birth: Birth date not established in the cited account

Archival reference BOA, DH.MB.HPS.88/27-8

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

1912 (Gregorian); 24 Mayıs 1912: Kadın gardiyanı, Kayseri, 50 kuruş1915 (Gregorian); 11 Ocak 1915: Kadın gardiyanı (infisal), Kayseri19121915
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  • Kayseri

2 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

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1Kayseri
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 2 · Kayseri

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  1. 1

    1912 (Gregorian); 24 Mayıs 1912

    Kayseri

    1. Kadın gardiyanı

      50 kuruş

  2. 2

    1915 (Gregorian); 11 Ocak 1915

    Kayseri

    1. Kadın gardiyanı (infisal)

Dates in this sequence are explicitly recorded in the Gregorian calendar. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

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Salary comparison sample

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Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts · Gregorian years
025501912Gregorian1912 (Gregorian); 24 Mayıs 1912 · Kadın gardiyanı · Kayseri · 50 kuruş

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Education and personal record

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Archive references
BOA, DH.MB.HPS.88/27-8 [1]

Sources and evidence

Biographical reading

  1. Kayseri Sancağı ve Sancağa Bağlı Kazalarda Kadın Mahkûmlar

    Kübra Saykı · 2020 · Pages 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

    BOA, DH.MB.HPS.88/27-8

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 2 dated Gregorian years

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