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Yusuf Ağa

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. 1855/56 (AH 1272)Zaptiye

    1. Zaptiye

      · Calculated age 30

      [1]

  2. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Şer'i mahkeme muhzırıOltu

    1. Şer'i mahkeme muhzırı

      Oltu · Calculated age 58

      Broader service field: Judicial

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesZaptiye çavuşu · 4 career entriesDeveboynu

    4. Zaptiye (İnfisal)

      [1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Erzurum [source]
Birth year
1826/27 (AH 1242) [source]
Archive references
MŞH. SAİD, nr. 6721 [1]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
30 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work year
1855/56 (AH 1272) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Erzurum vilayeti doğumlu Osmanlı uleması Bab-ı Meşihat Arşivi ulema sicil dosyalarına göre

    SİNAN ÇAKMAK · 2023 · Pages 104, 105

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