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Fethullah Zagbi 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. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Telgrafhane memuruMosul (Musul) · 250 kuruş

    1. Telgrafhane memuru

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 23 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuruBaghdad (Bağdat) · 200 kuruş
  3. 1887/88 (AH 1305)Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · 2 career entriesBaghdad (Bağdat) · Mosul (Musul) · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Baghdad (Bağdat) · Calculated age 27 · 200 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1888/89 (AH 1306)Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili · 3 career entriesMosul (Musul) · Diyarbakır · 250; 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili

      Mosul (Musul) · Calculated age 28 · 250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Telgraf Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru

      Diyarbakır · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Lisan-ı Ecnebiyye Muhabere başmemuruBasra

Recorded pay

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

02505001883/84AH 13011888/89AH 13061883/84 (AH 1301) · Telgrafhane memuru · Mosul (Musul) · age 23 · 250 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 26 · 200 kuruş1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Baghdad (Bağdat) · age 27 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili · Mosul (Musul) · age 27 · 250 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgraf Merkezi Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru vekili · Mosul (Musul) · age 28 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Telgraf Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Diyarbakır · age 28 · 400 kuruş1888/89 (AH 1306) · Diyarbekir Telgraf Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiyye memuru · Mosul (Musul) · age 28 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Halep [source]
Birth province
Halep [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Father’s occupation
Tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Süryani [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİDd. 99 77 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
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]

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 87, 88

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