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Derviş Ali Efendizâde Mehmed Tahir Zeki 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. 1909/10 (AH 1327)Fetvahane mülazımı

    1. Fetvahane mülazımı

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  2. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Fetvahane mülazımıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fetvahane mülazımı

      · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1911 (AH 1329)Fetvahane mülazımıContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fetvahane mülazımı

      · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1911/12 (AH 1330)Fetvahane mülazımı · 3 career entriesMardin

    1. Fetvahane mülazımı

      · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Fetvahane mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Fetva müsevvidi

      Mardin · Calculated age 33

      [1]

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.

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

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 134

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