Individual dossier

Mehmet Zühdü Efendi

Birthplace: trabzon Observed AH 1289–1324 (1872–1907)

5_29; 55Preserved archival reference
Recovered annual record

A short account from recorded fields

Mehmet Zühdü Efendi was born in Trabzon in AH 1272 (1855–1856). Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1289 (1872–1873), 17 AH years after the recorded birth year. The surviving career record covers 36 distinct AH years in AH 1289–1324 (1872–1907); it begins with Mulazemet in Istanbul (50 kuruş monthly). Basmemur appears later, in AH 1308 (1890–1891), with 900 kuruş monthly. Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).

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Life and career

36 recorded AH years · 36 annual entries

Life and career stages

Recorded AH years

AH 1272 (1855–1856)
AH 1289 (1872–1873)Birth-year difference: 17 AH years
AH 1289–1292 (1872–1876)Birth-year difference: 17–20 AH years
AH 1293–1304 (1876–1887)Birth-year difference: 21–32 AH years
AH 1305–1307 (1887–1890)Birth-year difference: 33–35 AH years
AH 1308–1324 (1890–1907)Birth-year difference: 36–52 AH years

Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.

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Assigned salary in the annual career

Monthly kuruş · AH

Annual career record begins at AH 1289 (1872–1873)

Mulazemet · istanbul · 50 kuruş monthly

First work is separately recorded at AH 1289 (1872–1873) in istanbul. The first-salary field is 30 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.

AH 1289 (1872–1873)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

Monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash payments. Lines connect consecutive AH years only; hollow points mean salary not recorded. Competing entries in one AH year remain separate points, without a unique pay-change line. Gregorian spans describe whole AH years; source Gregorian labels remain separate evidence.

Compare all recorded title, place and salary changes

Each comparison uses the preceding surviving entry.

Salary 50 to 100 kuruş +50 (+100%)
Title Mulazemet → Muhasebe Kalemi
Salary 100 to 300 kuruş +200 (+200%)
Salary 300 to 285 kuruş -15 (-5%)
Title Muhasebe Kalemi → Masarifat kitabeti
Salary 285 to 400 kuruş +115 (+40.35%)
Salary 400 to 500 kuruş +100 (+25%)
Title Masarifat kitabeti → Basmemur
Salary 500 to 900 kuruş +400 (+80%)
Salary 900 to 975 kuruş +75 (+8.33%)
Salary 975 to 1,435 kuruş +460 (+47.18%)
Salary 1,435 to 1,290 kuruş -145 (-10.1%)
Salary 1,290 to 1,350 kuruş +60 (+4.65%)

A title change is not automatically a promotion; a locality change is not a reconstructed journey.

Places in this record

AH 1289 (1872–1873)Recorded first-work anchoristanbul

◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations

Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.

Honours, rank and legal records

Archival reference as recorded: 5_29; 55

Collection identified by the thesis dataset: BOA, DH.SAİD, Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterleri, Dahiliye Nezâreti. The archive reference is reproduced as recorded in the coded personnel dataset.

Decoration and legal-record evidence

Decoration wording is not recorded in the linked text fields.

Legal-record notes and indicators

Original wording and raw source values are not adjudicated findings or lifetime verdicts.

Annual legal-record indicator: 0 · Later annual personnel extract · Source label: “Any criminal record (1=yes)”
Additional annual legal-record code (meaning unverified): 0 · Later annual personnel extract · AH 1289–1309 (1872–1892), AH 1311–1324 (1893–1907)

Legal wording and source descriptions