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Yusuf Ziya Paşa

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. Undated entriesTahrirat kalemi memuru · 21 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) · Najaf (Necef) · Basra · Karbala (Kerbela) · Şehrizor · 750; 1,000; 1,100; 2,000; 4,000; 6,000; 7,016; 9,000; 9,020; 10,000; 11,000; 12,500 kuruş

    2. Maliye müdürü

      Kirkuk (Kerkük) · 1,100 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    6. Tahrirat kâtibi (İstifa)

      Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    9. Muhasebe müdürlüğü memuru

      Basra · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    11. Kaymakam

      Karbala (Kerbela) · 10,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

    13. Sancak kaymakamı

      Şehrizor · 9,020 kuruş

      [1]

    14. Sancak kaymakamı (İnfisal)

      Şehrizor

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    15. Sancak kaymakamı

      Şehrizor · 12,500 kuruş

      [1]

    17. Merkez kaymakamı (İnfisal)

      Baghdad (Bağdat)

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    20. Kaymakam

      Basra · 7,016 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemah [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 2/297 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
ileri derece [source]
Persian
ileri derece [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Bağdat [source]
First-salary field
750 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.

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. Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları

    YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 40, 41

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