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Ali Rıza Efendi③

Born 1850/51 (AH 1267) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Career evidence 1876 to 1900 (AH 1293 to 1317)

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 113- 041

Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a dated stage below the map to read its places, posts, age, pay and sources.

1Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)EdirneSoufli (Sofulu)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Selected stage connections

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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

    1850/51 (AH 1267)

    Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

    1. Birth

      Personal record & evidence →

  2. 2

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 26

      Personal record & evidence →

    2. Redif askeri

      Calculated age 26

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Redif askeri

      Calculated age 27

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. İkinci Ordu, İkinci Redif Alayı, İkinci Dimetoka Taburu, Birinci Bölük mülazım-ı sanisi

      Calculated age 27

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. İkinci Ordu, İkinci Redif Alayı, İkinci Dimetoka Taburu, Birinci Bölük mülazım-ı sanisi

      Calculated age 28

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  4. 4

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Place not recorded / Edirne

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Kept as text: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      İkinci Ordu, İkinci Redif Alayı, İkinci Dimetoka Taburu, Birinci Bölük mülazım-ı sanisi

      Calculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Edirne

      Polis Çavuşu

      400 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  5. 5

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 6 recorded years

    Edirne

    AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Polis Çavuşu

      400 kuruşCalculated age 30

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    2. Polis Çavuşu

      400 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    3. Polis Çavuşu

      400 kuruşCalculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    4. Polis Çavuşu

      400 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    5. Polis mülazım-ı sanisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    6. Polis mülazım-ı sanisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    7. Polis mülazım-ı sanisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

      Entry & evidence →[1]

    8. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      400 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Entry & evidence →[1]

  6. 6

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Soufli (Sofulu)

    1. Polis Komiseri

      Calculated age 50

      Entry & evidence →[1]

3 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.

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.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001878/79AH 12961881/82AH 12991884/85AH 13021878/79 (AH 1296) · 400 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · 400 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 400 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · 400 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 400 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 100 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 400 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1878 to 1885 (AH 1296 to 1302)
  2. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Edirne100 to 400

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 title
  1. 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300)
  2. 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
  3. 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
  4. 1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)
  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
  6. 1884/85 (AH 1302)

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

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace
Dimetoka[source]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267)[source]
Father’s occupation
Kadiri şeyhi[source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 113- 041[1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet[source]okur yazar[1]
Education detail
İlk ilimler; medresede Arapça ve Farsça tahsili[source]
Education
Dimetoka Kasabası Sıbyan Mektebi; medrese[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
26[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1876/77 (AH 1293)[source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar

    SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 112, 113

    BOA. DH. SAİDd. 113- 041

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 11 dated years

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