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PREVEZE MUTASARRIFI ABDÜ'R-REFİ' EFENDİ

Born 1837/38 (AH 1253) · Yenişehir (Tırhala Yenişehri / Yenişehr-i Larissa) · Dated entries 1851 to 1895 (AH 1268 to 1312)

Languages Arabic, Greek, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

Archival reference BOA SAD 4/410

The career, year by year

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

Follow 14 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.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)BeyoğluSliven (İslimiye)Preveza (Preveze)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 14 · Yenişehir (Tırhala Yenişehri / Yenişehr-i Larissa)

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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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1837/38 (AH 1253)

    Yenişehir (Tırhala Yenişehri / Yenişehr-i Larissa)

    Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir (Tırhala Yenişehri / Yenişehr-i Larissa)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1851/52 (AH 1268)

    Hurşid Paşa Divan Kitabeti Odası / Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hurşid Paşa Divan Kitabeti Odası; Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

    1. Hurşid Paşa Divan Kitabeti Odası

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 15

    2. Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

      Divan Kitabeti Odası çırağı / mühürdar

      Calculated age 15

  3. 3

    1852/53 (AH 1269) · 4 recorded years

    Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

    AH entries: 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

    1. Divan Kitabeti Odası çırağı / mühürdar

      Calculated age 16

      Continuing service as described

    2. Divan Kitabeti Odası çırağı / mühürdar

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1856/57 (AH 1273)

    Hurşid Paşa maiyeti / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

    1. Hurşid Paşa maiyeti

      Divan Kitabeti Odası çırağı / mühürdar

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Mektubi-i Sadr-ı Ali Odası memuru

      Calculated age 20

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Cezayir-i Bahr-ı Sefid

    Not yet located on the map: Cezayir-i Bahr-ı Sefid

    1. Tahrirat ve Meclis-i Kebir başkâtibi

      Calculated age 25

  6. 6

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Hüdavendigar

    Not yet located on the map: Hüdavendigar

    1. vilayet mektubi muavini

      Calculated age 30

  7. 7

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Bab-ı Zabtiye İstintak Müdiriyet-i Umumiyesi memuru

      Calculated age 32

  8. 8

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Beyoğlu

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Zabtiye Müşiriyeti mektubcusu

      Calculated age 35

    2. Beyoğlu

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 35

  9. 9

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Trablusgarb

    Not yet located on the map: Trablusgarb

    1. Divan-ı Temyiz reisi

      Calculated age 36

  10. 10

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Humus / Cebel-i Garbiye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Humus; Cebel-i Garbiye

    1. Humus

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 37

    2. Cebel-i Garbiye

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 37

  11. 11

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Sliven (İslimiye)

    1. Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 40

  12. 12

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Sliven (İslimiye) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Sliven (İslimiye)

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Kavanin-i Adliye Komisyonu azası

      Calculated age 41

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1880/81 (AH 1298) · 14 recorded years

    Preveza (Preveze)

    AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    1. Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 45

    2. Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 58

      Continuing service as described

    All 14 recorded entries in this stage →

  14. 14

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Preveza (Preveze) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Preveza (Preveze)

      Mutasarrıf

      Calculated age 59

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      mazuliyet maaşı (Tekaüt)

      Calculated age 59

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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 only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

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Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1880 to 1895 (AH 1298 to 1312)
  2. Hurşid Paşa maiyeti6
    1851 to 1857 (AH 1268 to 1273)
  3. 1856 to 1878 (AH 1273 to 1294)
  4. 1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)
  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)
  6. Cebel-i Garbiye1
    1873/74 (AH 1290)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1871 to 1895 (AH 1288 to 1312)
  2. 1851 to 1857 (AH 1268 to 1273)
  3. 1868/69 (AH 1285)
  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)
  5. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

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

Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 71, 72

    291 İslimiye Sancağı mutasarrıflığında Rusların istilâsında o sırada genel kumandan olan Müşir Rauf Paşa nezdine varmasından doğan bazı ağrazdan dolayı infisal etmiş ise de sonradan icra kılınan incelemede berâit-i zimmetine karar verilmiştir. Aleyhinde vuku bulan şikâyet ve düşmanın sınırdan içeriye girdiğine dair zabıtaca kendisine verilen acil haber üzerine gereğince müşarünileyh nezdine gidib müzâkereden sonra asker ve top alıp dönmesinden kaynaklanan hizmet ve hareketleri olmuştur. Preveze mutasarrıflığına memuriyeti dahi berâit-i zimmetine delil kâfi görünmüştür. 9 Cemâziye'l-evvel 1312'de Berat Sancağı mutasarrıflığına nakl buyurulmuş, ancak hastalığından dolayı Berat'a gidemediğinden yerine digeri tayin olunmuştur. 28 Zilkâde 1312'de mazuliyet maaşı tahsis olunmuştur. (BOA SAD 4/410); BOA SAD 4/410

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 29 dated AH years

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