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Yunus Zühdi Efendi

Born 1833/34 (AH 1249) · Debrei bala · Dated entries 1855 to 1898 (AH 1272 to 1315)

Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Persian, Turkish

Archival references BOA SAD 72/ 485; BOA SAD 72/485

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Debrei balaGjirokastër (Ergiri)Bitola (Manastır)Elbasan (İlbasan)Drama
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 7 · Debrei bala

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1833/34 (AH 1249)

    Debrei bala

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Gjirokastër (Ergiri)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 23

    2. Ergiri Sancağı naibi

      Calculated age 23

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Debar (Debre)

    1. Debre müftisi

      Calculated age 45

  4. 4

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Bitola (Manastır)

    1. Manastır Vilâyeti naibi

      Calculated age 49

  5. 5

    1882/83 (AH 1300) · 2 recorded years

    Bitola (Manastır)

    AH entries: 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

    1. Manastır maarif müdürü

      Calculated age 51

    2. Manastır vilayet müftisi

      Calculated age 52

  6. 6

    1889/90 (AH 1307) · 8 recorded years

    Elbasan (İlbasan)

    AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İlbasan mutasarrıfı

      Calculated age 58

    2. İlbasan mutasarrıflığından azil (Azil)

      Calculated age 65

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  7. 7

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Drama

    1. Drama Sancağı mutasarrıfı

      Calculated age 66

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

No annual salary observations are available for this official.

Career patterns and pay

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314)
  2. 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)
  3. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  4. 1897/98 (AH 1315)
  5. 1855/56 (AH 1272)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1889 to 1897 (AH 1307 to 1314)
  2. 1877/78 (AH 1294)
  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)
  4. 1855/56 (AH 1272)
  5. 1882/83 (AH 1300)
  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Schooling ibtidai mektep; medrese [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

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Sources and evidence

  1. Kemal Paşazâde Said Bey Terâcim-i Ahvâl-ı Muâsırîn

    FİLİZ ANADOL · 2005 · Pages 58, 59

    ²⁰⁶ Yukarı Debre kasabasında doğmuştur. Kasabadaki ibtidai mekteplerde verilen dersleri okuduktan sonra medreselerde Kafiye şerhi ve Molla Câmi okumuştur. Türkçe yazar ve Arapça, Farsça, Arnavudça ve Bulgarca konuşur. ( BOA SAD 72/ 485); 213 "İlbasan mutasarrıflığında altı yedi sene devam eden memuriyeti zamanında bir gün dahi ilerleme kaydedememesi ve değişmesinin gereği bildirilmiş, memur ve halk camide toplanarak mabeyn-i humâyûn baş-kitâbetine telgraf çekmişler ve memurlar haklarında şikayetler düzenleyerek cemiyetler kurmaya başlamışlar ve durum Manastır vilâyetinden bildirilince 25 Rebiü'l-âhir 314 tarihinde azl edilmişdir."(BOA SAD 72/485) 1 Muharrem 1315 de Drama Sancağı mutasarrıflığına tayin buyurulmuştur. 10 Nisan 314 tarihinde Yemen Hey'et-i Islâhiyesi azalığına tayin buyurulması üzerine ayrılmıştır. Bahsedilen 6 Temmuz'da memuriyetinden irâre-i seniyye îfâsından dolayı ayrılmıştır. ( BOA SAD 72/ 485); BOA SAD 72/485

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

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