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Mahmud Zülkif Bey

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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tahrirat kalemi muaviniErzincan · 200 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat kalemi muavini

      Erzincan · Calculated age 22 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1878 (AH 1295)Mektubi kalemi muavini · 2 career entriesErzurum · Erzincan · 350; 750 kuruş

    1. Mektubi kalemi muavini

      Erzurum · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Aşar idaresi başkâtibiErzincan · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Aşar idaresi başkâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 28 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Aşar idaresi başkâtibi · 3 career entriesErzincan · 250; 640; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Aşar idaresi başkâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 29 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Aşar idaresi başkâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 29 · 640 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 29 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Belediye kâtibiErzincan · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 30 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Belediye kâtibiErzincan · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 31 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Belediye kâtibiErzincan · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 32 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Belediye kâtibiErzincan · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Belediye kâtibi · 2 career entriesErzincan · 250; 750 kuruş

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü

      Erzincan · Calculated age 34 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiErzincan · 300 kuruş

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

      Erzincan · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  11. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi birinci şube mülazımı · 80 kuruş

    1. Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi birinci şube mülazımı

      · Calculated age 39 · 80 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      [1]

  12. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · 640 kuruş
  13. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · 640 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf

      · Calculated age 45 · 640 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · 576; 640 kuruş

    1. Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf

      · Calculated age 46 · 640 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · 2 career entries · 576; 864 kuruş

    1. Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf

      · Calculated age 47 · 576 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1903/04 (AH 1321)VefatDeath recorded

    1. Vefat

      · Calculated age 53

      [1]

  17. Undated entriesDördüncü Ordu tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 9 career entriesErzincan · Erzurum · 100; 320 kuruş

    3. Tahrirat kalemi muavini (İnfisal)

      Erzincan

      [1]

    4. Mektubi kalemi muavini (İnfisal)

      Erzurum

      [1]

    5. Aşar idaresi ikinci kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Erzincan

      [1]

    7. Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü (İnfisal)

      Erzincan

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001873/74AH 12901897/98AH 13151873/74 (AH 1290) · Tahrirat kalemi muavini · Erzincan · age 22 · 200 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Mektubi kalemi muavini · Erzurum · age 27 · 350 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Emaneten idare edilen aşar idaresi ikinci kâtibi · Erzincan · age 27 · 750 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · Aşar idaresi başkâtibi · Erzincan · age 28 · 1,500 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Aşar idaresi başkâtibi · Erzincan · age 29 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Aşar idaresi başkâtibi · Erzincan · age 29 · 640 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 29 · 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 30 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 31 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 32 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Belediye kâtibi · Erzincan · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü · Erzincan · age 34 · 750 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi · Erzincan · age 35 · 300 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi birinci şube mülazımı · age 39 · 80 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · age 44 · 640 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · age 45 · 640 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · age 46 · 640 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · age 46 · 576 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi ikinci şube memuru, üçüncü sınıf · age 47 · 576 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Dördüncü Ordu levazım dairesi dördüncü şube müdür muavini, ikinci sınıf · age 47 · 864 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1851/52 (AH 1268) [source]
Father’s occupation
Dördüncü Ordu meclis kaymakamı [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 79-51 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
İptidaiye; Erzincan Rüşdiyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field
100 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. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 187, 188, 189

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