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Mehmed 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. 1858/59 (AH 1275)Kur'a mümeyyiziErzincan

    1. Kur'a mümeyyizi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 24

      [1]

  2. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Kur'a mümeyyiziBolu

    1. Kur'a mümeyyizi

      Bolu · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  3. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Huzur dersleri muhatabı

    1. Huzur dersleri muhatabı

      · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  4. 1866/67 (AH 1283)Fetvahâne müsevvidi

    1. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Fetvahâne müsevvidiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Fetvahâne müsevvidiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Fetvahâne müsevvidiContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Medine kadısıMedina (Medine)
  9. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Medine kadısıMedina (Medine)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Medine kadısı

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Medine kadısı · 3 career entriesMedina (Medine)

    1. Medine kadısı

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Medine kadısı (Nakil)

      Medina (Medine) · Calculated age 38

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Fetvahâne müsevvidi

      · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  11. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Havass-ı Refia kadısıHavass-ı Refia

    1. Havass-ı Refia kadısı

      Havass-ı Refia · Calculated age 39

      [1]

  12. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Huzur dersleri üçüncü ders mukarriri
  13. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisiÜsküdar
  14. 1878 (AH 1295)Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisiÜsküdarContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisi

      Üsküdar · Calculated age 44

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisiÜsküdarContinuing service described by the source

    1. Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisi

      Üsküdar · Calculated age 45

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisi · 2 career entriesÜsküdar · Kosova

    1. Üsküdar Bidâyet Hukuk Mahkemesi reisi

      Üsküdar · Calculated age 46

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Adliye Müfettişi

      Kosova · Calculated age 46

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  17. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Meclis-i Emval-i Eytam fahri azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
  18. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Medine mevleviyetiMedina (Medine)
  19. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Sadreyn müsteşar muavini · 2 career entries

    1. Sadreyn müsteşar muavini

      · Calculated age 55

      [1]

  20. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Sadreyn müsteşarı

    1. Sadreyn müsteşarı

      · Calculated age 57

      [1]

  21. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Anadolu Sadâreti görevlisi

    1. Anadolu Sadâreti görevlisi

      · Calculated age 63

      [1]

  22. 1897/98 (AH 1315)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 64

      [1]

  23. Undated entriesKur'a mümeyyizi · 5 career entriesTokat · Bitola (Manastır) · Shkodër (İşkodra)

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
karapinar [source]Karapınar [1]
Birth province
Edirne [source]
Birth year
1835/36 (AH 1251) [source]
Archive references
M.Ş.A. nr. 8/3/2 [1]M.Ş.A. nr. 8/3/5 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Hafız; Hazım Efendi'den icazet [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Köy eğitimi; Edirne ve İstanbul cami dersleri; Dârülmuallimîn [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Erzincan [source]
First work year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [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. Fetvahane-bab-ı fetva'da görev yapan Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    DİLEK GÜVEN · 2023 · Pages 107, 108, 109

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