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Mehmed Zülfikar 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. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Muhafız muvakkat müfettişiCebel Mahallesi · 400 kuruş

    1. Muhafız muvakkat müfettişi

      Cebel Mahallesi · Calculated age 16 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru (İnfisal)Kilis

    1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru (İnfisal)

      Kilis · Calculated age 18

      [1]

  3. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye ikinci kâtibi ve Enfiye-i Milliye sandık emini · 3 career entriesMersin · Adana · 350; 400 kuruş

    2. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye ikinci kâtibi ve Enfiye-i Milliye sandık emini (İnfisal)

      Mersin · Calculated age 19

      [1]

  4. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık eminiAdana · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini

      Adana · Calculated age 20 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini · 5 career entriesAdana · 250; 400; 800 kuruş

    1. Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini

      Adana · Calculated age 21 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    5. Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi

      · Calculated age 21 · 800 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi · 2 career entries · 800 kuruş

    1. Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi

      · Calculated age 22 · 800 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi (Azil)

      · Calculated age 22

      [1]

  7. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibiViri · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibiViri · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibiViri · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibiViri · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibiViri · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · 2 career entriesViri · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi

      Viri · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Posta kâtibi

      Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  13. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürüBitlis · 900 kuruş

    1. Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü

      Bitlis · Calculated age 37 · 900 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  14. Undated entriesMuhafız muvakkat müfettişi (İstifa) · 3 career entriesCebel Mahallesi · Kilis · Bitlis · 200 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

04509001885/86AH 13031906/07AH 13241885/86 (AH 1303) · Muhafız muvakkat müfettişi · Cebel Mahallesi · age 16 · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye ikinci kâtibi ve Enfiye-i Milliye sandık emini · Mersin · age 19 · 350 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini · Adana · age 19 · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini · Adana · age 20 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti evrâk-ı sahiha memuru ve sandık emini · Adana · age 21 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Düyûn-ı Umûmiye merkez müdüriyeti tahrirat mümeyyizi · Adana · age 21 · 250 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi · age 21 · 800 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Emlâk-ı Hümâyun kâtibi · age 22 · 800 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 23 · 400 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta kâtibi · Viri · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Posta kâtibi · Şanlıurfa (Urfa) · age 28 · 400 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Telgraf ve posta merkez müdürü · Bitlis · age 37 · 900 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1870/71 (AH 1287) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 146-137 [1]

Education and languages

French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şehadetnâmesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Halep Vilayeti Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 (calculated from AH year labels) [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Cebel Seman [source]
First-salary field
400 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
1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

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 104, 105, 106

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