Mehmed Zeki Efendi
Annual salary study and register readings
This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.
Life and register readings
Mehmed Zeki Efendi was born in Antalya in 1877/78 (AH 1294); the father's occupation was "Hamidâbâd Sancağı tahrirat müdürü". Work began in 1887/88, at about 11. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 2 per cent started at 11 or younger. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Zeki as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.
Pay rose from 68.5 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 188 in 1894/95, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 7,188 kuruş, 21 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1894/95.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Hamidâbâd as worded, no place record
1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
68.5 to 188 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1889/90 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1890/91 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1891/92 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1892/93 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1893/94 | 68.5 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1894/95 | 188 | 400 | 14% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | ||
| 1887 to 1895AH 1305 to 1312 | Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | 188 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Antalya
- Father's occupation
- Hamidâbâd Sancağı tahrirat müdürü
First work
- Year
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same birthplace
Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 222nd highest salary of them.
- BEKĠR TEVFĠK EFENDĠborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Bekir Tevfik Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hasan Hasib Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 200 kuruş
- HASAN HÜSEYĠN EFENDĠborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 200 kuruş
- HÜSEYĠN KAZIM EFENDĠborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 158th highest salary of them.
- ABDULLAH REŞAT EFENDİfirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Artin Efendifirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mustafa Nazmi Efendifirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Dikran Papasyan Efendifirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 630 kuruş
- Hocalızade Hasan Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); no salary recorded
All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Hamidâbâd | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyizi | Hamidâbâd | 68.5 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Defter-i Hâkânî Kalemi ikinci kâtibi | Hamidâbâd | 188 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 936 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 91/139. |
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)