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İSMAİL ZÜHDÜ EFENDİ

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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbil
  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbilContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 23

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbilContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbilContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesErbil · Suriye vilayeti
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Meclis-i idare kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye vilayeti · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  6. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbilContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıErbilContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesErbil · Suriye vilayeti
    1. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Erbil · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı

      Suriye vilayeti · Calculated age 29

      [1]

  9. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Polis neferi · 2 career entriesMecca (Mekke) · 300 kuruş
    1. Polis neferi

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 31 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Polis neferi (Azil)

      Mecca (Mekke) · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  10. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Sibze müfettişi (muvakkat)Duma kazası · 600 kuruş
    1. Sibze müfettişi (muvakkat)

      Duma kazası · Calculated age 32 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusuDamascus (Şam) · 250 kuruş
    1. Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu · 2 career entriesDamascus (Şam) · 250 kuruş
    1. Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 34 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu (İstifa)

      Damascus (Şam) · Calculated age 34

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  13. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Polis neferi · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruş
    1. Polis neferi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 35 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Polis neferi (Nakil)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 35

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  14. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriZor sancağı · 400 kuruş
    1. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      Zor sancağı · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  15. Undated entriesÜçüncü sınıf polis komiseri (Azil) · 2 career entriesZor sancağı · Musul vilayeti · 600 kuruş
    1. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri (Azil)

      Zor sancağı

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    2. Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri

      Musul vilayeti · 600 kuruş

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001888/89AH 13061893/94AH 13111888/89 (AH 1306) · Polis neferi · Mecca (Mekke) · age 31 · 300 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Sibze müfettişi (muvakkat) · Duma kazası · age 32 · 600 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu · Damascus (Şam) · age 33 · 250 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu · Damascus (Şam) · age 34 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Polis neferi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 35 · 300 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri · Zor sancağı · age 36 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Erbil [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Father’s occupation
Yusufi aşireti reisi [source]
Archive references
DH_SAİD,00081_00207 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
yazar [source]
French
Aşina [source]
Persian
yazar [source]
Turkish
yazar [source]
Education
Erbil'de tahsil-i ulum [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
22 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Erbil [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]
Apprenticeship
8.9 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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 Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 214, 215, 216, 217

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