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Derviş Ali Efendizâde Mehmed Tahir Zeki Efendi

Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Mardin, Kölesiyan Mahallesi · Dated entries 1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference M.Ş.A. nr. 253/9/1.

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.

Mardin
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Mardin, Kölesiyan Mahallesi

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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

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Mardin, Kölesiyan Mahallesi

    Not yet located on the map: Mardin, Kölesiyan Mahallesi

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 30

    2. Fetvahane mülazımı

      Calculated age 30

  3. 3

    1910/11 (AH 1328) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1328, 1329. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Fetvahane mülazımı

      Calculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Fetvahane mülazımı

      Calculated age 32

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    Place not recorded / Mardin

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Place not recorded

      Fetvahane mülazımı

      Calculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Fetvahane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

    3. Mardin

      Fetva müsevvidi

      Calculated age 33

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.

The career, year by year

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

1909/10 (AH 1327): Fetvahane mülazımı, place unspecified1910/11 (AH 1328): Fetvahane mülazımı, place unspecified1911 (AH 1329): Fetvahane mülazımı, place unspecified1911/12 (AH 1330): Fetvahane mülazımı, place unspecified1911/12 (AH 1330): Fetvahane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi), place unspecified1911/12 (AH 1330): Fetva müsevvidi, MardinAH 1327AH 1330
  • Mardin

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

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1911/12 (AH 1330)

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

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)
  2. 1911/12 (AH 1330)

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; Medrese icazeti [1]

Schooling Mardin sıbyan mektebi; Mardin rüştiyesi; Kasım Paşa Medresesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mardin, Kölesiyan Mahallesi [source]
Birth province
Diyarbakır [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Archive references
M.Ş.A. nr. 253/9/1. [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Turkish
Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Medrese icazeti [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mardin sıbyan mektebi; Mardin rüştiyesi; Kasım Paşa Medresesi [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
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1909/10 (AH 1327) [source]
Apprenticeship
3 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 134

    M.Ş.A. nr. 253/9/1.

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 4 dated years

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