Osman Zeki Efendi

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Tokat · Dated entries 1893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 116, s. 267

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi

10 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

Osman Zeki Efendi was born in Tokat in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The father’s occupation was Alay Kâtibi. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Tokat in 1893/94 (AH 1311). Dated career entries span 1893/94 (AH 1311) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 10 AH years, from Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi to Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi, beginning with Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 200 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 200 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Tokat · 1874/75 (AH 1291)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Alay Kâtibi^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[source]
First work: 1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tokat^[source]
Age at first work: 20^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 9^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

10
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 1
Salary years: 200 → 200
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 200
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 14.1%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 1902/03 (AH 1320); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1902/03 (AH 1320).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 3 · Tokat

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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Tokat
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Tokat / Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
1. Tokat
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 20
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
  Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1894/95 (AH 1312) · 9 recorded years
Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi
1. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri
  Calculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10. Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 29
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11. Muhabere Memuru
  200 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

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Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1902/03 (AH 1320)	200	400	150 to 1,500	14.1%	1627

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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 entries

Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi10
1893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Tokat Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi200

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 title

Muhabere Memurluğu stajyeri10
1893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)
Muhabere Memuru1
1902/03 (AH 1320)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Tokat122 other officialsŞefik Efendi born 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 200 kuruş
1893/94 (AH 1311)195 other officialsMehmed Nazım Efendi first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 30 kuruş
Muhabere Memuru54 other officialsMehmet Hurşit Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

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Personal details

Birthplace: Tokat^[source]
Birth year: 1874/75 (AH 1291)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Alay Kâtibi^[source]
Archive references: BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 116, s. 267^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi^[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: 20^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Tokat^[source]
First work year: 1893/94 (AH 1311)^[source]
Apprenticeship: 9^[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 251, 252
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 116, s. 267

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