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Mehmed Zekeriya 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. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımıSuriye
  2. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımıSuriyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımıSuriyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye · Calculated age 17

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımıSuriyeContinuing service described by the source

    1. Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye · Calculated age 18

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesSuriye · 200 kuruş

    1. Suriye Vilayeti tahrir-i emlak kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye · Calculated age 19

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. 7. tahrir fırkası messahı

      Suriye · Calculated age 19 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1877/78 (AH 1294)7. tahrir fırkası messahı · 3 career entriesSuriye · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. 7. tahrir fırkası messahı

      Suriye · Calculated age 20 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Infisal

      · Calculated age 20

      [1]

    3. 8. tahrir fırkası mukayyidi

      Suriye · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  7. 1878 (AH 1295)8. tahrir fırkası mukayyidi · 2 career entriesSuriye · Acre (Akka) · 235; 250 kuruş

    1. 8. tahrir fırkası mukayyidi

      Suriye · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 21 · 235 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 235 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 22 · 235 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi · 2 career entriesAcre (Akka) · 235; 270 kuruş

    1. Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 23 · 235 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Vukuat kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 23 · 270 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Vukuat kâtibi · 2 career entriesAcre (Akka) · 270; 400 kuruş

    1. Vukuat kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 24 · 270 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibiAcre (Akka) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 30 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · 2 career entriesAcre (Akka) · Latakia (Lazkiye) · 400 kuruş

    1. Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

      Acre (Akka) · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez vergi kâtibi

      Latakia (Lazkiye) · Calculated age 31 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001876/77AH 12931887/88AH 13051876/77 (AH 1293) · 7. tahrir fırkası messahı · Suriye · age 19 · 200 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · 7. tahrir fırkası messahı · Suriye · age 20 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · 8. tahrir fırkası mukayyidi · Suriye · age 20 · 250 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · 8. tahrir fırkası mukayyidi · Suriye · age 21 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878 (AH 1295) · Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 21 · 235 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 22 · 235 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tahrir kalemi yevmiye kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 23 · 235 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Vukuat kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 23 · 270 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Vukuat kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 24 · 270 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 24 · 400 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 30 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Tahrir ve vergi kâtibi · Acre (Akka) · age 31 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Merkez vergi kâtibi · Latakia (Lazkiye) · age 31 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
dagistan [source]Dağıstan [1]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 155/375 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Education detail
Mukaddime-i ulûm; bir miktar Arapça tahsili [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Şam Melikü’z-Zahir Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Suriye [source]
First work year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Apprenticeship
4 [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.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 210

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