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Veli 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. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu Hümayun
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 21

      [1] [2]

  2. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 22

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  3. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  4. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  5. 1878 (AH 1295)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  6. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  7. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  8. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 2 career entriesOrdu-yu HümayunContinuing service described by the source
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  9. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Gönüllü asker (çavuş) · 10 career entriesKarbala (Kerbela) · Ordu-yu Hümayun · 180; 188 kuruş
    1. Gönüllü asker (çavuş)

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Gönüllü asker (çavuş) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Military service

      Recorded service ending

      [1] [2]

    3. Muhasebe kalemi devam

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1] [2]

    4. Muhasebe kalemi devam (Nakil)

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1] [2]

    5. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    6. Askerlik (44. alay 4. tabur ikinci çavuş) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Ordu-yu Hümayun · Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      [1] [2]

    7. Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1] [2]

  10. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibiKarbala (Kerbela) · 180 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 30 · 180 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  11. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibiKarbala (Kerbela) · 180 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 31 · 180 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

  12. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Infisal · 4 career entriesKarbala (Kerbela) · Bağdat Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu (Kerbela livası dahili) · 180; 200 kuruş
    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 32

      [1] [2]

    2. Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 32 · 180 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    3. Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Karbala (Kerbela) · Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

      [1] [2]

    4. Arazi-i seniyye kâtibi

      Bağdat Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu (Kerbela livası dahili) · Calculated age 32 · 200 kuruş

      [1] [2]

Recorded pay

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

01002001881/82AH 12991884/85AH 13021881/82 (AH 1299) · Defter-i hakani kalemi ikinci kâtibi · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 29 · 188 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 29 · 180 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 30 · 180 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 31 · 180 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Defter-i hakani dairesi ikinci kâtibi · Karbala (Kerbela) · age 32 · 180 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Arazi-i seniyye kâtibi · Bağdat Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu (Kerbela livası dahili) · age 32 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kerkük [source]
Birth province
Musul [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİD,00008_00317 [1]DH_SAİD,00067_00047 [2]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Persian
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitabet [source]
Education detail
Sıbyan tahsili; özel hocadan Arapça ve Farsça; şehadetname yok [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
29 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kerbela [source]
First-salary field
188 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
1881/82 (AH 1299) [source]
Apprenticeship
0.17 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 36

  2. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 87, 88

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