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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. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntab

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 25

      [1]

  2. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 30

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1878 (AH 1295)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 39

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 40

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 41

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  18. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 42

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  19. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 43

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  20. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 44

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  21. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAyntabContinuing service described by the source

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 45

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesAyntab

    1. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 46

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şer‘iyye mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Ayntab · Calculated age 46

      [1]

  23. 1910/11 (AH 1328)Şer‘iyye mahkemesi başkâtibi (Tekaüt)Ayntab
  24. Undated entriesAyntab Şerriyye Mahkemesi başkâtibiAyntab · 683 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Ayntab, İbn Şeker Mahallesi [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1844/45 (AH 1260) [source]
Father’s occupation
Bezzaz [source]
Archive references
BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 130 -12-1 [1]130 -12-2 [1]130 -12-3 [1]130-12-4 [1]130 -12-5 [1]130 -12-6 [1]130 -12-7 [1]130-12-8 [1]130-12-9 [1]130-12-10 [1]130-12-11 [1]

Education and languages

Education
Ayntab ibtidai mektebi; Hüseyin Ağa Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ayntab [source]
First work year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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. Meşîhat Arşivi'ne göre Osmanlı'nın son döneminde Ayntablı ilmiye sınıfı

    OĞUZ ÖLMEZ · 2021 · Pages 53, 54, 55, 56

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