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Yusuf Kenan Efendi

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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 3 career entriesHumus Telgrafhanesi · İkikapılı · 225 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Humus Telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    2. Telgraf müdür vekili

      İkikapılı · Calculated age 17 · 225 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. Telgraf müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      İkikapılı · Calculated age 17

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakatiHama ve Humus · 150 kuruş

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati

      Hama ve Humus · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakatiHama ve Humus · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati

      Hama ve Humus · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakatiHama ve Humus · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati

      Hama ve Humus · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati · 2 career entriesHama ve Humus · 150 kuruş

    1. Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati

      Hama ve Humus · Calculated age 21 · 150 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 21

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0112.52251896/97AH 13141900/01AH 13181896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf müdür vekili · İkikapılı · age 17 · 225 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati · Hama ve Humus · age 18 · 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati · Hama ve Humus · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati · Hama ve Humus · age 20 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi tahrirat refakati · Hama ve Humus · age 21 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bahriye yüzbaşısı [source]
Archive references
BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.903 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mekteb-i İptidaiye; Beyrut Mekteb-i Rüşdiye [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Humus [source]
First work year
1896/97 (AH 1314) [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

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    ÜLKÜ ZÜLAL UYANIK · 2024 · Pages 101, 102

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