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Selim Raad 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. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibiBulgaristan · 3,700 kuruş
  2. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibiBulgaristan · 3,700 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi

      Bulgaristan · Calculated age 41 · 3,700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi · 3 career entriesBulgaristan · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500; 3,700 kuruş

    1. Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi

      Bulgaristan · Calculated age 42 · 3,700 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Daire-i Habisiyye memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 42 · 3,700 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Şurâ-yı Devlet azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 42 · 2,500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Şurâ-yı Devlet azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şurâ-yı Devlet azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 43 · 2,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Şurâ-yı Devlet azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şurâ-yı Devlet azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 44 · 2,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Şurâ-yı Devlet azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şurâ-yı Devlet azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 45 · 2,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 2,500; 4,500 kuruş

    1. Şurâ-yı Devlet azası

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 46 · 2,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tanzimat Dairesi memuru

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 46 · 4,500 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Divan-ı Hümayun Nişan Kalemi mümeyyiziIstanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

02,2504,5001900/01AH 13181906/07AH 13241900/01 (AH 1318) · Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi · Bulgaristan · age 40 · 3,700 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi · Bulgaristan · age 41 · 3,700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Bulgaristan Komiserliği Fransızca başkâtibi · Bulgaristan · age 42 · 3,700 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Daire-i Habisiyye memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 3,700 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 42 · 2,500 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 43 · 2,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 44 · 2,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 45 · 2,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Şurâ-yı Devlet azası · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 46 · 2,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Tanzimat Dairesi memuru · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 46 · 4,500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 165 321 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
French
hâkim [source]
Italian
hâkim [source]
Turkish
hâkim [source]
Education
Mekteb-i İbtidai; Paris Palm Akademisi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
40 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bulgaristan [source]
First-salary field
3700 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1900/01 (AH 1318) [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

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 60, 61

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