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Mustafa Zühdü 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. 1886/87 (AH 1304)telgraf mülazımıKastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri

    1. telgraf mülazımı

      Kastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri · Calculated age 14

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  2. 1896/97 (AH 1314)telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruIoannina (Yanya) · 300 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  3. 1897/98 (AH 1315)telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · 2 career entriesIoannina (Yanya) · 300 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (İnfisal)

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 25

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSkopje (Üsküp) · 300 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  5. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · 3 career entriesSkopje (Üsküp) · Juzvice · 300; 600 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (Azil)

      Skopje (Üsküp) · Calculated age 27

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 27 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  6. 1900/01 (AH 1318)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 28 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1901/02 (AH 1319)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 29 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  8. 1902/03 (AH 1320)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 30 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1903/04 (AH 1321)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 31 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1904/05 (AH 1322)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 32 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1905/06 (AH 1323)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüJuzvice · 600 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 33 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1906/07 (AH 1324)telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · 3 career entriesJuzvice · Gustevar · 500; 600 kuruş

    1. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Juzvice · Calculated age 34 · 600 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü (Nakil)

      Juzvice · Calculated age 34

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

      Gustevar · Calculated age 34 · 500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      [1]

  13. Undated entriestelgraf mülazımı (İnfisal) · 3 career entriesKastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri

    1. telgraf mülazımı (İnfisal)

      Kastamonu, sonra Kadıköy telgrafhaneleri

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    3. askeri telgraf bölüğü gönüllü (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Broader service field: Postal and telegraph service

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

03006001896/97AH 13141906/07AH 13241896/97 (AH 1314) · telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 24 · 300 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 26 · 300 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru · Skopje (Üsküp) · age 27 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 27 · 600 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 28 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 29 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 30 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 31 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 32 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 33 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Juzvice · age 34 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü · Gustevar · age 34 · 500 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Safranbolu [source]Zağfiranbolu [1]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Father’s occupation
eimme (imam) [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH SA ĐD, nr.119, s.129 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Kastamonu Rüşdiyesi [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
14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kastamonu telgrafhanesi [source]
First work year
1886/87 (AH 1304) [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-iahval defterlerindeki Safranbolulu (Zağfiranbolulu) memurlar (1879-1909)

    AHMET ERKARTAL · 2007 · Pages 145, 146

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