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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. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesi

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 19

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 20

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 22

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 23

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Telgrafhane mülazımıHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Telgrafhane mülazımı · 2 career entriesHalep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Tripoli (Trablusşam) · 300 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane mülazımı

      Halep vilayeti telgrafhanesi · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01503001902/03AH 13201902/03 (AH 1320) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Tripoli (Trablusşam) · age 25 · 300 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kilis [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1878 (AH 1295) [source]
Father’s occupation
Belen Hapishanesi gardiyanı [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİDd. 121/102 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Halep vilayeti rüşdiye mektebi [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
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Halep vilayeti [source]
First work year
1896/97 (AH 1314) [source]
Apprenticeship
6 [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. Sicili Ahval kayıtlarına göre Kilisli memurlar

    MEHMET YILMAZ · 2022 · Pages 81

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