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Mehmet Zühtü 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. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıSaimbeyli (Haçin)
  2. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) · 2 career entriesSaimbeyli (Haçin) · Sungurlu

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Saimbeyli (Haçin) · Calculated age 17

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1878/79 (AH 1296)Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruş
  4. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 300 kuruş

    1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Military service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Kaymakam vekiliAlucra · 473 kuruş

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Alucra · Calculated age 26 · 473 kuruş

      Broader service field: Provincial administration

      [1]

  8. 1883/84 (AH 1301)İdare Meclisi başkâtibiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
  9. 1884/85 (AH 1302)İdare Meclisi başkâtibi · 3 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1. İdare Meclisi başkâtibi

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İzin (İstanbul)

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

    3. İzin (İstanbul) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
  11. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 32

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri) · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 350 kuruş

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 34

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 35

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 36

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  17. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri) · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 37

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i İdare-i Liva savcısı (fahri) (İstifa)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 37

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  18. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tahrirat Müdür vekiliŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 0 kuruş
  19. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tahrirat Müdür vekili · 2 career entriesŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · 0 kuruş

    1. Tahrirat Müdür vekili

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 39 · 0 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrirat Müdür vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Calculated age 39

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  20. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Tahrirat Müdür vekiliŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
  21. Undated entriesTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) · 2 career entriesSungurlu · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    1. Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Sungurlu

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

0236.54731878/79AH 12961895/96AH 13131878/79 (AH 1296) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 22 · 300 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 23 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1880/81 (AH 1298) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · İdare Meclisi başkâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 25 · 300 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · Kaymakam vekili · Alucra · age 26 · 473 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · İdare Meclisi başkâtibi · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 33 · 350 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Tahrirat Müdür vekili · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 38 · 0 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tahrirat Müdür vekili · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · age 39 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarki [1]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1857/58 (AH 1274) [source]
Father’s occupation
Kaymakam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 100/431 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
yazar [source]
Education
İptidai; Rüşdiye; özel hoca [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Saimbeyli [source]Haçin [1]
First work year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Apprenticeship
5.25 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)

    AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 122, 123

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