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Selim 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. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Rüsum-ı sitte Nezareti müzayede kâtibi · 2 career entriesBursa · Gemlik · 190; 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsum-ı sitte Nezareti müzayede kâtibi

      Bursa · Calculated age 30 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1880/81 (AH 1298)İstifa · 3 career entriesGemlik · Prilep (Pirlepe) · 240; 250 kuruş

    1. İstifa

      · Calculated age 31

      [1] · 2 linked entries

    3. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 31 · 240 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Rüsumat MemuruPrilep (Pirlepe) · 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 32 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Rüsumat MemuruPrilep (Pirlepe) · 240; 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 33 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 33 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Rüsumat MemuruPrilep (Pirlepe) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 34 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Rüsumat MemuruPrilep (Pirlepe) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 35 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Rüsumat Memuru · 2 career entriesPrilep (Pirlepe) · Kavak · 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat Memuru

      Prilep (Pirlepe) · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Kavak · Calculated age 36 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Rüsumat idaresi memuru · 3 career entriesKavak · Şile · 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Kavak · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Şile · Calculated age 37 · 400 kuruş

      [1]

    3. İstifa

      · Calculated age 37

      [1]

  9. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Rüsumat idaresi memuruSeddülbahir · 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 38 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Rüsumat idaresi memuruSeddülbahir · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 39 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Rüsumat idaresi memuruSeddülbahir · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 40 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Rüsumat idaresi memuruSeddülbahir · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 41 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Rüsumat idaresi memuruSeddülbahir · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 42 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Rüsumat idaresi memuru · 2 career entriesSeddülbahir · 300 kuruş

    1. Rüsumat idaresi memuru

      Seddülbahir · Calculated age 43 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 43

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001879/80AH 12971892/93AH 13101879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsum-ı sitte Nezareti müzayede kâtibi · Bursa · age 30 · 190 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Rüsum-ı sitte müdüriyeti muvassırlığı · Gemlik · age 30 · 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Rüsum-ı sitte müdüriyeti muvassırlığı · Gemlik · age 31 · 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 31 · 240 kuruş1881/82 (AH 1299) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 32 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 33 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 33 · 400 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 34 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 35 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Rüsumat Memuru · Prilep (Pirlepe) · age 36 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Kavak · age 36 · 400 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Kavak · age 37 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Şile · age 37 · 400 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 38 · 300 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 39 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 40 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1890/91 (AH 1308) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 41 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 42 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Rüsumat idaresi memuru · Seddülbahir · age 43 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Şeki [source]
Birth province
Dağıstan [source]
Birth year
1850/51 (AH 1267) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 19/7 [1]

Education and languages

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

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 place
Bursa [source]
First-salary field
190 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1879/80 (AH 1297) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [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 Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 158, 159

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