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Zeynel Efendi

Birthplace: iskodra Observed AH 1316–1321

118-124-243Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Zeynel Efendi was born in Iskodra in AH 1305. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1315 (10 AH years after the recorded birth year). The surviving career record covers 6 distinct AH years between 1316 and 1321; it begins with Posta Memuru in Dersaadet (50 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing). Older EDA annual records list “Vefat” under AH 1322; this is not a formal death date.

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Life and career

6 recorded AH years · 6 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1305
AH 1315Birth-year difference: 10 AH years
AH 1316–1321Birth-year difference: 11–16 AH years
AH 1322

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1316

Posta Memuru · dersaadet · 50 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1315 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 50 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1315 · 1897 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian values elsewhere are stored labels.

Later annual status wording

AH 1322 · “Vefat”

Recorded by an additional annual source. This is not a formal death date or another salary observation; the pay curve is not extended.

Places in this record

AH 1315 · 1897 labelRecorded first-work anchoristanbul

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Salary 50 to 100 kuruş +50 (+100%)
Salary 100 to 150 kuruş +50 (+50%)

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How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries

AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian years are stored dataset labels. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.

Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.

Recorded background

Preparation

School / programme: Rusdiye Mektebi
Schooling duration: 7 source-recorded years
Apprenticeship: 1 source-recorded year
Qualification indicator: 0
Telegraph school indicator: 0
Father’s occupation: Not recorded
Recorded birth year: AH 1305
Religion wording: Musluman
Nationality wording: Turkish

Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.

Explicit source fields

First-work and entry-pay fields

First-work source date: AH 1315 · 1897 label
Place: istanbul
First-salary field: 50 kuruş
Source: recovered

The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.

Recorded language repertoire

1 field contains historical terms.

Turkish: Kitabet (writing)

Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.

Further biographical evidence

Source wording and status assertions

Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)

Postal Service

Death-status wording in annual sources

Older EDA memur annual extract lists “Vefat” under AH 1322.
Older EDA memureski annual extract lists “Vefat” under AH 1322.

Vefat means death, but this annual status is not a formal death date. Separate extracts may share underlying records and are not independent confirmation. No death locality is inferred.

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Recorded field	Original value	Source locator
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording	Postal Service	september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593 Recorded source-year values: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Posta Memuru	eda-memur · currentjob source lines 35689, 35690, 35691, 35692, 35693, 35694 Recorded source-year values: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Vefat	eda-memur · currentjob source lines 35695 Recorded source-year values: 1322
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Posta Memuru	eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 35689, 35690, 35691, 35692, 35693, 35694 Recorded source-year values: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321
Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording	Vefat	eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 35695 Recorded source-year values: 1322
currentjobAnnual death-status wording; not a formal date	Vefat	eda-memur · currentjob AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
currentjobAnnual death-status wording; not a formal date	Vefat	eda-memureski · currentjob AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1316 · AH source lines 46607
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1317 · AH source lines 49064
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 51577
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 54064
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 56558
Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict	0	october10-personnel · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 59015
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1316 · AH source lines 35689
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1317 · AH source lines 35690
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 35691
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 35692
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 35693
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 35694
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1316 · AH source lines 35689
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1317 · AH source lines 35690
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 35691
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 35692
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 35693
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 35694
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1316 · AH source lines 35689
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1317 · AH source lines 35690
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 35691
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 35692
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 35693
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 35694
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1316 · AH source lines 35689
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1317 · AH source lines 35690
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 35691
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 35692
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 35693
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 35694
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35695
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1316 · AH source lines 46607
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1317 · AH source lines 49064
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1318 · AH source lines 51577
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1319 · AH source lines 54064
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1320 · AH source lines 56558
Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion	0	october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1321 · AH source lines 59015
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1316 · AH source lines 34589
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1317 · AH source lines 34591
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1318 · AH source lines 34590
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1319 · AH source lines 34588
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1320 · AH source lines 34592
adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1321 · AH source lines 34593
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1316 · AH source lines 34589
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1317 · AH source lines 34591
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1318 · AH source lines 34590
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1319 · AH source lines 34588
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1320 · AH source lines 34592
criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion	0	september-occupation · criminal AH 1321 · AH source lines 34593

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Every displayed annual entry. Select a year to inspect its salary, title, place and source together.
Gregorian label	Title	Locality wording	Monthly kuruş	Source line
1898	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	50	recovered line 32494
1899	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	50	recovered line 32495
1900	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	50	recovered line 32496
1901	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	50	recovered line 32497
1902	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	100	recovered line 32498
1903	Posta MemuruOriginal: posta memuru	dersaadet	150	recovered line 32499

AH 1316 · 1898 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
50 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32494
AH 1317 · 1899 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
50 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32495
AH 1318 · 1900 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
50 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32496
AH 1319 · 1901 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
50 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32497
AH 1320 · 1902 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
100 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32498
AH 1321 · 1903 label
Posta Memuru
Original title: posta memuru
dersaadet
150 kuruş / month
recovered · source line 32499

Evidence & edition

Coded extracts, preserved source differences

Collection membership

Website edition: ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
Source editions: older, september, recovered
Annual display source: Recovered merged personnel extract
Paper sample: Included · 6 annual entries
Other archival labels: No different label recorded
Geography: Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence

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The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.

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All substantive source assertions (76)

Field	Original stored value	Source field and lines
birthH	1305	recovered · dobirth source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
birthPlace	iskodra	recovered · birthplace source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
birthPlace	iskodra	recovered · birth_place source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
birthProvince	iskodra	recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
school	Rusdiye Mektebi	recovered · school_type source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
schoolingYears	7	recovered · education_year source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
schoolingYears	7	recovered · school_year source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
apprenticeshipYears	1	recovered · mulazemet source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
qualification	0	recovered · qualification source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
derivedQualificationFlag	0	recovered · has_qualification source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
telegraphSchool	0	recovered · telgraf source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
religion	Musluman	recovered · religion source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
nationality	Turkish	recovered · nationality source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
firstWorkH	1315	recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
firstWorkG	1897	recovered · firstjobyear source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	recovered · firstjob_place source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
firstWorkSalary	50	recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
birthLatitude	42.069919999999925	recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
birthLongitude	19.50687599999995	recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 32494, 32495, 32496, 32497, 32498, 32499
name	Zeynel Efendi	september · İsim source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
birthH	1305	september · dobirth source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
birthPlace	iskodra	september · birthplace source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
birthProvince	iskodra	september · birth_vilayet source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
school	rusdiye mektebi	september · school_type source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
schoolingYears	7	september · education_year source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
apprenticeshipYears	1	september · mulazemet source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
apprenticeshipYears	1	september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
qualification	0	september · qualification source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
telegraphSchool	0	september · telegraph_school source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
religion	musluman	september · religion source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
nationality	turkish	september · nationality source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
firstWorkH	1315	september · firstjob_year source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	september · firstjob_place source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
firstWorkSalary	50	september · firstjob_wage source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
birthLatitude	42.069919999999925	september · lat_birth_place source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
birthLongitude	19.50687599999995	september · lon_birth_place source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
language:Turkish	Kitabet	september · lang_turkish source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	september · lang_turkish2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	september · lang_arabic2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	september · lang_french2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	september · lang_persian2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	september · lang_english2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	september · lang_italian2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	september · lang_armenian2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	september · lang_greek2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	september · lang_rum2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	september · lang_russian2 source lines 34588, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593
name	Zeynel Efendi	older · İsim source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
birthH	1305	older · dobirth source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
birthPlace	iskodra	older · birthplace source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
birthProvince	iskodra	older · birth_vilayet source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
school	rusdiye mektebi	older · school_type source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
schoolingYears	7	older · education_year source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
apprenticeshipYears	1	older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
qualification	0	older · qualification source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
telegraphSchool	0	older · telgraph_school source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
religion	musluman	older · religion source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
nationality	turkish	older · nationality source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
firstWorkH	1315	older · firstjob_year source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
firstWorkPlace	istanbul	older · firstjob_place source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
firstWorkSalary	50	older · firstjob_wage source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
birthLatitude	42.069919999999925	older · lat_birth_place source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
birthLongitude	19.50687599999995	older · lon_birth_place source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
language:Turkish	Kitabet	older · lang_turkish source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Turkish	3	older · lang_turkish2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Arabic	0	older · lang_arabic2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:French	0	older · lang_french2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Persian	0	older · lang_persian2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:English	0	older · lang_english2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Italian	0	older · lang_italian2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Armenian	0	older · lang_armenian2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Greek	0	older · lang_greek2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Rum	0	older · lang_rum2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian	0	older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361
derivedLanguageCode:Russian	0	older · lang_russian2 source lines 46197, 46212, 46252, 46258, 46334, 46335, 46361

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