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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. 1895/96 (AH 1313)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)
  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 24

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 25

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 26

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)Continuing service described by the source

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 28

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş) · 2 career entries

    1. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş)

      · Calculated age 29

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. askerlik (kâtip yardımcısı, başçavuş) (Görevin sona ermesi)

      · Calculated age 29

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  8. 1904/05 (AH 1322)MülazımAlucra Tapu Kalemi

    1. Mülazım

      Alucra Tapu Kalemi · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  9. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Mülazım · 4 career entriesAlucra Tapu Kalemi · Alucra

    1. Mülazım

      Alucra Tapu Kalemi · Calculated age 33

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Alucra Tapu Kalemi · Calculated age 33

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. yoklama kâtibi

      Alucra · Calculated age 33

      [1]

  10. 1907/08 (AH 1325)tapu kâtibiİskefser · 250 kuruş

    1. tapu kâtibi

      İskefser · Calculated age 35 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1908/09 (AH 1326)tapu kâtibiİskefser · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. tapu kâtibi

      İskefser · Calculated age 36 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1909/10 (AH 1327)tapu kâtibiİskefser · Niksar · 250 kuruş

    1. tapu kâtibi

      İskefser · Calculated age 37 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tapu kâtibi

      Niksar · Calculated age 37 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  13. 1910/11 (AH 1328)tapu kâtibiNiksar · 400 kuruş

    1. tapu kâtibi

      Niksar · Calculated age 38

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. tapu kâtibi

      Niksar · Calculated age 38 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  14. Undated entriestapu kâtibi (becayiş)Erbaa · 400 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

02004001907/08AH 13251910/11AH 13281907/08 (AH 1325) · tapu kâtibi · İskefser · age 35 · 250 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · tapu kâtibi · İskefser · age 36 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · tapu kâtibi · İskefser · age 37 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1909/10 (AH 1327) · tapu kâtibi · Niksar · age 37 · 250 kuruş1910/11 (AH 1328) · tapu kâtibi · Niksar · age 38 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Şebinkarahisar [source]Karahisar-ı Şarki [1]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 192/169 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
İptidai; Rüşdiye [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
32 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Alucra Tapu Kalemi [source]
First work year
1904/05 (AH 1322) [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. Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)

    AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 123, 124

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