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Mehmed Zihni 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. 1907/08 (AH 1325)mülâzemetle Narda Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlıkArta (Narda)

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Katline [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİDd. 145/67 [1]

Education and languages

French
konuşur ve yazar [source]
Rum (as recorded)
yalnızca konuşur [source]
Turkish
konuşur ve yazar [source]
Education
Özel hoca; Sultânî mektebi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

First work place
Narda [source]
First work year
1907/08 (AH 1325) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

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Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerinde Kayıtlı Avlonyalı Devlet Adamları

    İlyas Ak · 2025 · Pages 5, 9, 10, 15

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