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Zihni 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)Merkez muhabere memuruNiğde · 380 kuruş

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 21 · 380 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Merkez muhabere memuruNiğde · 380 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 22 · 380 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Merkez muhabere memuruNiğde · 380; 400 kuruş

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 23 · 380 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Merkez muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesNiğde · Adana · 400 kuruş

    1. Merkez muhabere memuru

      Niğde · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Telgrafhane muhabere memuruAdana · Eskişehir · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Adana · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesEskişehir · Bandırma · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane muhabere memuru

      Eskişehir · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Bandırma · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  7. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuruBandırma · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Bandırma · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesBandırma · 400 kuruş

    1. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru

      Bandırma · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru (Azil)

      Bandırma · Calculated age 28

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesTelgrafhane hizmeti; unvan belirtilmemişEskişehir

Recorded pay

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

02004001885/86AH 13031892/93AH 13101885/86 (AH 1303) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 21 · 380 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 22 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 23 · 380 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 23 · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Merkez muhabere memuru · Niğde · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Adana · age 24 · 400 kuruş1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Adana · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Eskişehir · age 25 · 400 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgrafhane muhabere memuru · Eskişehir · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Bandırma · age 26 · 400 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Bandırma · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Telgraf merkezi muhabere memuru · Bandırma · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Kütahya [source]
Birth province
Hüdavendigâr [source]
Birth year
1865/66 (AH 1282) [source]
Father’s occupation
Esnaf [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Archive references
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:65, s.237 [1]

Education and languages

Rum (as recorded)
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Ermeni Mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Eskişehir [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 Ahval Defterleri'nde Osmanlı Dönemi Kütahyalı memurlar

    MUSTAFA KOCAKAYA · 2018 · Pages 192

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