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Mehmed Ziya 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. 1878 (AH 1295)muhasebe kalemi mülazımıDrama · 0 kuruş
    1. muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 20 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1878/79 (AH 1296)muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesDrama · 0 kuruş
    1. muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

      Drama · Calculated age 21 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. muhasebe kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)

      Drama · Calculated age 21

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  3. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Defter-i Hâkânî ikinci kâtibiDrama · 190 kuruş
    1. Defter-i Hâkânî ikinci kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 22 · 190 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1884/85 (AH 1302)aşar üçüncü kâtibiDrama · 300 kuruş
    1. aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1885/86 (AH 1303)aşar üçüncü kâtibi · 3 career entriesDrama · 300; 450 kuruş
    1. aşar üçüncü kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 28 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. aşar üçüncü kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Drama · Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. sandık emini

      Drama · Calculated age 28 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1886/87 (AH 1304)sandık eminiDrama · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. sandık emini

      Drama · Calculated age 29 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1887/88 (AH 1305)sandık eminiDrama · 450 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. sandık emini

      Drama · Calculated age 30 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1888/89 (AH 1306)sandık emini · 5 career entriesDrama · 450; 600 kuruş
    1. sandık emini

      Drama · Calculated age 31 · 450 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. sandık emini (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Drama · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. Menafi sandığı kâtibi

      Drama · Calculated age 31 · 450 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Menafi sandığı kâtibi (Nakil)

      Drama · Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    5. Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

      Drama · Calculated age 31 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

  9. Undated entriesDefter-i Hâkânî ikinci kâtibi · 2 career entriesDrama · 0; 235 kuruş

Recorded pay

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

03006001878AH 12951888/89AH 13061878 (AH 1295) · muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · Drama · age 20 · 0 kuruş1878/79 (AH 1296) · muhasebe kalemi mülazımı · Drama · age 21 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Defter-i Hâkânî ikinci kâtibi · Drama · age 22 · 190 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Drama · age 27 · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · aşar üçüncü kâtibi · Drama · age 28 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · sandık emini · Drama · age 28 · 450 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · sandık emini · Drama · age 29 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · sandık emini · Drama · age 30 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · sandık emini · Drama · age 31 · 450 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Menafi sandığı kâtibi · Drama · age 31 · 450 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Ziraat Bankası şube memuru · Drama · age 31 · 600 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Drama [source]
Birth year
1858/59 (AH 1275) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 36-497 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 5-839 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [source]
Education
sıbyan mektebi; 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
20 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Drama Sancağı muhasebe kalemi [source]
First-salary field
0 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
1878 (AH 1295) [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.

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 Dramalı devlet adamları

    HÜSEYİN ZEYNO · 2026 · Pages 94, 95

Read the source accounts and original values →

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