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Mehmed Zühdü 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)Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimiBeşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 320 kuruş

    1. Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 24 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  2. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimiBeşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 320 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 25 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimiBeşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 320 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 26 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimiBeşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 320 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 27 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · 2 career entriesBeşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 320 kuruş

    1. Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 28 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. kavaid muallimi

      Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 28 · 320 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

  6. 1901/02 (AH 1319)kavaid muallimiSoğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbulContinuing service described by the source

    1. kavaid muallimi

      Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1902/03 (AH 1320)kavaid muallimiSoğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbulContinuing service described by the source

    1. kavaid muallimi

      Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 30

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1903/04 (AH 1321)kavaid muallimi · 2 career entriesSoğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · 480 kuruş

    1. kavaid muallimi

      Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 31

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Muallim

      Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · Calculated age 31 · 480 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02404801896/97AH 13141903/04AH 13211896/97 (AH 1314) · Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 24 · 320 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 25 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 26 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 27 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Kavaid-i Osmaniye muallimi · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 28 · 320 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · kavaid muallimi · Soğukçeşme Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 28 · 320 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Muallim · Beşiktaş Askeri Rüşdiyesi, İstanbul · age 31 · 480 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Çerçen karyesi [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
ibtidai mektep muallimi [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.157, s.238 [1]

Education and languages

Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]icazetname; tasdikname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
medrese icazetnamesi; Darüttedris ikinci sene dersleri okunup mazeret-i şeriyye ile terk, tasdikname [source]
Education
Çerçen ibtidai mektebi; Ayasofya-i Kebir Medresesi (icazetname); Darüttedris Mektebi (2. sene, terk) [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
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
320 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1896/97 (AH 1314) [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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 122, 123

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