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Zeki Meğamis 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. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Şehremaneti Meclis azalığı · 2 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 1,350; 1,500 kuruş
    1. Şehremaneti Meclis azalığı

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 32 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1]

    2. Te’cilat-ı Umumiye

      · Calculated age 32 · 1,350 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Infisal · 2 career entries · 1,175 kuruş
    1. Infisal

      · Calculated age 39

      [1]

    2. Maaş kaydı

      · Calculated age 39 · 1,175 kuruş

      [1]

  3. Undated entriesHareket-i Arz Komisyonu göreviIstanbul (Dersaadet)

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001899/1900AH 13171906/07AH 13241899/1900 (AH 1317) · Şehremaneti Meclis azalığı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 32 · 1,500 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Te’cilat-ı Umumiye · age 32 · 1,350 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Maaş kaydı · age 39 · 1,175 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Rum [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİDd. 111 411 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
French
hâkim [source]
Turkish
hâkim [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Diploma [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Halep Mekteb-i Rüşdiye-i Askeriyesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
32 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
1500 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
1899/1900 (AH 1317) [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 kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar

    ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 66, 67

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