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AHMED SIRRI ZEKĠ EFENDĠ

Born 1882/83 (AH 1300) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Career evidence 1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

Archival reference 164 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00141 – 00144/215

Dates are shown with Gregorian spans and the recorded AH year. Select a dated entry to find its place and amount.

  1. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  2. 1903/04 (AH 1321)

    First work as recorded

    Karaabalı

  1. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Belediye kâtibiKaraabalı · 90 kuruş

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  2. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Belediye kâtibi · 2 career entriesKaraabalı · 90 kuruş

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  3. Undated entriesZiraat Bankası şubesi mukayyidiAdana · 200 kuruş

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Age is calculated from AH year labels. Entries with the same year can describe separate appointments or rate changes. Gaps are left open; continuing service is labelled beside the entry.

Recorded pay over the career

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

045901903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221903/04 (AH 1321) · Belediye kâtibi · Karaabalı · age 21 · 90 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Belediye kâtibi · Karaabalı · age 22 · 90 kuruş · Source-bounded service

Points show amounts attached to dated career entries, including labelled continuing-service and reconstructed years. Separate rates within a year remain separate; the points do not measure annual receipts or total earnings.

Places in this record

○ Birthplace◇ First work● Service

İstanbulAdana
İstanbulAdana

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Not drawn. No position recorded: Karaabalı, Karaabalı.

  • Karaabalı · location retained as text
  • Adana

Some locality or province names have no agreed point position. They remain in the chronology and list; they are not placed at a guessed provincial capital.

Personal record

Personal details

Birthplace

İstanbulSupporting accounts

Birth province

DersaadetSupporting accounts

Birth year

1882/83 (AH 1300)Supporting accounts

Father’s occupation

Karaabalı kazası kaymakamıSupporting accounts

Archive references

164 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00141 – 00144/215[1]

Education and languages

Qualification

Formal qualification recordedSupporting accounts

Aliyyülâlâ derecede şahadetname[1]

Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail

İbtidaiSupporting accounts

Education

İzmir Hamidiye Mekteb-i İbtidaisiSupporting accounts

Education level equivalent

4Supporting accounts

The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service

21Supporting accounts

Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place

KaraabalıSupporting accounts

First-salary field

90 kuruş (personal first-salary field)Supporting accounts

A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year

1903/04 (AH 1321)Supporting accounts

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Antalyalı memurlar (1879-1909)

    MEHMET FATİH DEMİRDAŞ · 2019 · Pages 192, 193

    164 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00141 – 00144/215

Read the original source accounts · 4 source entries →

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