Fethullah Zagbi Efendi
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Aleppo (Halep) · Dated entries 1883 to 1894 (AH 1301 to 1311)
Languages Arabic, French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİDd. 99 77
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Mosul (Musul)
- Baghdad (Bağdat)
- Diyarbakır
- Basra
5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Fethullah Zagbi Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1861/62 (AH 1278), within the Katolik community. The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Mekteb-i Mahsus. The language repertoire included Arabic, French and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Mosul (Musul) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 5 AH years, from Mosul (Musul) to Basra, beginning with Telgrafhane memuru and ending with entries for Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Lisan-ı Ecnebiyye Muhabere başmemuru. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Mosul (Musul), Baghdad (Bağdat), Diyarbakır and Basra. [1]
Life and career
Follow 6 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 6 · Aleppo (Halep)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Aleppo (Halep)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 23
Telgrafhane memuru
250 kuruşCalculated age 23
3 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 26
4 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Baghdad (Bağdat) / Mosul (Musul)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru
200 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili
250 kuruşCalculated age 27
5 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Mosul (Musul) / Diyarbakır
Within-year entry order unresolved
Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili
250 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
Telgraf Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 28
Diyarbekir Telgraf Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
6 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Basra
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Lisan-ı Ecnebiyye Muhabere başmemuru
Calculated age 33
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual records; not the whole bureaucracy.
This dossier has no validated link to the annual salary comparison.
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Mosul (Musul)250 to 500
- Diyarbakır400
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Education
- Mekteb-i Mahsus [source]
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Musul [source]
- First-salary field
- 250 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
- 1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Halep doğumlu gayrimüslim memurlar
ZEYNEP ÖTKÜN · 2023 · Pages 87, 88
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 99 77
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