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Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah 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)telgraf mülazımıTelgraf merkezi
    1. telgraf mülazımı

      Telgraf merkezi · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1870/71 (AH 1287)telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiye · 300 kuruş
    1. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1871/72 (AH 1288)telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeContinuing service described by the source
    1. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 24

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1872/73 (AH 1289)telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeContinuing service described by the source
    1. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1873/74 (AH 1290)telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeContinuing service described by the source
    1. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 26

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1874/75 (AH 1291)telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiye · 350; 380 kuruş
    1. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 27 · 350 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

    3. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · Calculated age 27 · 380 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüHacıköy · 400 kuruş
    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Hacıköy · Calculated age 50 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  8. Undated entriestelgraf mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) · 2 career entriesTelgraf merkezi · Mecidiye · 285 kuruş
    1. telgraf mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Telgraf merkezi

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. telgraf muhabere memuru

      Mecidiye · 285 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001870/71AH 12871896/97AH 13141870/71 (AH 1287) · telgraf muhabere memuru · Mecidiye · age 23 · 300 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · telgraf muhabere memuru · Mecidiye · age 27 · 350 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · telgraf muhabere memuru · Mecidiye · age 27 · 380 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Hacıköy · age 50 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kemah [source]
Birth province
Erzurum [source]
Birth year
1847/48 (AH 1264) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Sıbyan mektebi mezunu [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Muallim-i Mahsus [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
21 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Telgraf merkezi [source]
First work year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.29 [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. Sicilli Ahval Defterlerine göre Kemahlı devlet memurları

    YUNUS EMRE POLAT · 2014 · Pages 50, 51

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