Osman Chelebij and brother, Second Lieutenant Memisha (Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite)

Osman Chelebij and brother, Second Lieutenant Memisha

Tavrida noble register entry

[Father held rank of Lieutenant and Titular Councillor.]

1832

Inscribed in part 2 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those whose noble status was defined by military service).

1783

Osman (49) was married but had no children at the time of inscription. He and his brother were the sons of the late Abdulla Chelebi, who served as a lieutenant in the Crimean Beshlej Division. When the division was liquidated, Abdulla attained the rank of Titular Councillor.

Osman served in the chancellery of Governor Dmitrij Mertvago in 1807. He attained the rank of 14th class in 1808 in recognition of his work forming the Tatar regiments and transferred to the bureau of the Karasubazar city police on 31 December 1811, where he rose from provincial secretery to Titular Councillor in December 1817. He was discharged from service due to illness in May 1822. Memisha held military rank.

Osman resided in Karasubazar, Simferopol uezd, where he owned settled villages covering some 8,000 desiatinas. He owned an additional 3,000 desiatinas in Feodosiia uezd. He was the owner of two houses, two orchards, two khans, and two lavki in the city of Karasubazar.