Yusuf Zeki Efendi

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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.

1854/55 (AH 1271)Müsikâne-i Hümayun mülazımı · 3 career entries · 500 kuruş
1. Müsikâne-i Hümayun mülazımı
  · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş
  [1]
2. Saray-ı Hümayun tercümanı
  · Calculated age 25
  [1]
3. Saray-ı Hümayun Fransızca ve İtalyanca muallimi
  · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş
  Broader service field: Education
  [1]
1867/68 (AH 1284)Paris Sefareti ateşesi · 2 career entriesParis · Floransa
1. Paris Sefareti ateşesi
  Paris · Calculated age 38
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]
2. Floransa Sefareti ateşesi
  Floransa · Calculated age 38
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]
1873/74 (AH 1290)Messina şehbenderiMessina
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 44
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]
1874/75 (AH 1291)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 45
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1875/76 (AH 1292)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 46
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1876/77 (AH 1293)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 47
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1877/78 (AH 1294)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 48
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1878 (AH 1295)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 49
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1878/79 (AH 1296)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 50
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1879/80 (AH 1297)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 51
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1880/81 (AH 1298)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 52
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1881/82 (AH 1299)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 53
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1882/83 (AH 1300)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 54
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1883/84 (AH 1301)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 55
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1884/85 (AH 1302)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 56
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1885/86 (AH 1303)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 57
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1886/87 (AH 1304)Messina şehbenderiMessinaContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 58
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1887/88 (AH 1305)Messina şehbenderi · 2 career entriesMessina · 3,000 kuruş
1. Messina şehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 59
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
2. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 59 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]
1888/89 (AH 1306)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 60 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1889/90 (AH 1307)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 61 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1890/91 (AH 1308)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 62 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1891/92 (AH 1309)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 63 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1892/93 (AH 1310)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 64 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1893/94 (AH 1311)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 65 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1894/95 (AH 1312)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 66 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1895/96 (AH 1313)Messina başşehbenderiMessina · 3,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 67 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
1896/97 (AH 1314)Messina başşehbenderi · 3 career entriesMessina · Trieste · 2,700; 3,000 kuruş
1. Messina başşehbenderi
  Messina · Calculated age 68 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  Continuing service described by the source
  [1]
2. Trieste başşehbenderi
  Trieste · Calculated age 68 · 3,000 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]
3. Trieste başşehbenderi
  Trieste · Calculated age 68 · 2,700 kuruş
  Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service
  [1]

Recorded pay

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

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Personal details

Birthplace: İstanbul^[source]
Birth province: Dersaadet^[source]
Birth year: 1830/31 (AH 1246)^[source]

Education and languages

French: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Italian: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Education detail: İdadî ve darülfünun^[source]
Education: Avrupa Mekteb-i İdadisi; İtalya Darülfünunu^[source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 25^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First-salary field: 500 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: 1854/55 (AH 1271)^[source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

Documentary details and source passages

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II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN. 2024. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909) · PDF pages 216, 217

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Birth · Languages · Education · PDF page 216

4.1.64.Trieste Başşehbenderi Yusuf Zeki Efendi675 Yusuf Zeki Efendi Ahmed İshak Efendi nam kimesnenin oğludur. Bin iki yüz kırk altı sene-i hicriyesinde Dersaadet’te tevellüt etmiştir. Avrupa mekteb-i idadîsinde ve İtalya darülfünunda tahsil-i fünun eylemiştir. Türkçe ve Fransızca ve İtalyanca okuryazardır. 674 BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 16, Gömlek No. 16, 5-2. 675 BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 6, Gömlek No. 18, 3-2.

Judicial account · PDF page 217

201 Bin iki yüz yetmiş bir senesi cemaziyelevvelisi gurresinde yirmi beş yaşında olduğu halde ba-irade-i seniyye beş yüz guruş maaş ile müsikâne-i hümayun mülazımlığına ve ilaveten memuriyet olmak üzere saray-ı hümayun tercümanlığına ve beş yüz guruş maaş ile saray-ı hümayun Fransızca ve İtalyanca muallimliğine ve seksen dört senesinde Paris ve Floransa sefaretleri ateşeliklerine ve doksan senesinde hasılat ile Misine şehbenderliğine memur olarak bin üç yüz beş senesi şevvalinin yirmi dokuzunda unvan-ı memuriyeti başşehbenderliğine tahvil ve üç bin guruş maaş ve beş yüz guruş tahsisat tahsis kılınmıştır. Umur-ı memuresinden dolayı taht-ı muhakemeye alınmamıştır. Hariciye nezaret-i celilesi umur-ı şehbenderi müdüriyetinden yazılan mülahazada mûmâileyhin hüsn-ü hal ve hareketi ve ikdam ve gayreti tasdik edilmiştir. Messina başşehbenderi Yusuf Zeki Efendi’nin tercüme-i haline zeyldir Mûmâileyh bin üç yüz altı senesi rebiülevvelinin ikisinde üçüncü rütbeden mecidi nişân-ı zişânı ihsan buyrulmuştur. Mûmâileyh vezaif-i memuriyetine mukaddemâne eylemesinden naşi bin üç yüz on iki senesi cemaziyelevvelisinin on dördünde üçüncü rütbeden nişân-ı âli Osmanî ihsan buyrulmuştur. Mûmâileyh bin üç yüz on dört senesi saferinin on ikisinde (20 Temmuz 312) üç bin guruş maaş ve beş yüz guruş tahsisatla Trieste başşehbenderliğine tayin buyrulmuştur. Mûmâileyh müşahed olan gayret ru-teyemmündane mebni sene-i merkûme cemaziyelevvelisinin onunda tebdilen ikinci rütbeden mecidi nişân-ı zişânı ihsan buyrulmuştur. Mûmâileyh İtalya devleti tarafından üçüncü rütbeden (kordon dö itali) nişânı ita olunup kabul ve led’l-icab talikine sene-i merkûme şa’banının on yedisinde müsa’ade-i seniyye-i hazret-i padişahî erzân buyrulmuştur. Mûmâileyhin maaşı sene-i merkûme şevvalinin dokuzunda (1 Mart 313) hasbe’l-? iki bin yedi yüz guruşa tenzil edilmiştir.

Notes on the source account

Müsikâne-i Hümayun mülazımlığı sivil eğitim süresi sağlamaz; ayrıca mülazemet süresi veya ücretsiz hizmet beyanı yoktur.
Son maaş indiriminin 500 kuruş tahsisata etkisi belirtilmez; tahsisatın bu tarihten sonraki devamı kesinleştirilemez.

Documentary sources

II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 216, 217

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