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Mehmed Zekeriya 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. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Askerlik
    1. Askerlik

      · Calculated age 23

      [1]

  2. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Müfredat kâtibiKozan · 200 kuruş
    1. Müfredat kâtibi

      Kozan · Calculated age 29 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesErkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi 1. Şube mülazımı · 2 career entriesSuriye
    1. Askerlik (İnfisal)

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

01002001908/09AH 13261908/09 (AH 1326) · Müfredat kâtibi · Kozan · age 29 · 200 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Harput [source]
Birth year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Father’s occupation
Asâkir-i Osmaniye kul ağası [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD 160-100 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Şam sıbyan; askeri rüşdi müretteb dersler ve 25 Şaban 1316 şahadetname. [source]
Education
Şam Sıbyan Mektebi; askerî rüşdiye [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Suriye [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. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

    ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 76, 77

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