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Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Hatıbzade Hasan Tahsin Efendi

Born 1830/31 (AH 1246) · Dama · Dated entries 1853 to 1883 (AH 1270 to 1300)

Languages French, Rum (as recorded), Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1853/54 (AH 1270): Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1854/55 (AH 1271): Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı, place unspecified1854/55 (AH 1271): Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi görevlisi, place unspecified, 20 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300): İstinaf Mahkemesi Azası, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,800 kuruşAH 1270AH 1300
Places and reading notes
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)

3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 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)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Dama

How to read this map

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.

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

  1. 1

    1830/31 (AH 1246)

    Dama

    Not yet located on the map: Dama

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 24

    2. Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 24

  3. 3

    1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    2. Seraskerlik Mektubî Kalemi görevlisi

      20 kuruşCalculated age 25

  4. 4

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. İstinaf Mahkemesi Azası

      2,800 kuruşCalculated age 54

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.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Salary comparison sample

Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.

This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01,4002,8001854/55AH 12711869/70AH 12861882/83AH 13001854/55 (AH 1271) · 20 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2,800 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. 1882/83 (AH 1300)

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

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1853 to 1855 (AH 1270 to 1271)
  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  3. 1854/55 (AH 1271)

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

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şehadetname almış, sonra kaybetmiş [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; cami ve medreseler; Atik Mekteb-i Maarif-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Dama [source]
Birth province
Konya [source]
Birth year
1830/31 (AH 1246) [source]

Education and languages

French
Tekellüm [source]
Rum (as recorded)
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname almış, sonra kaybetmiş [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; cami ve medreseler; Atik Mekteb-i Maarif-i Mülkiye-i Şahane [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.1667 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Ürgüplü devlet adamları

    HATİCE KÜBRA YILDIZ · 2020 · Pages 81

Read the original source accounts · 4 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated years

How to read the records

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