Zekeriya Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Erzincan · Dated entries 1872 to 1910 (AH 1289 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD, 319/75
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Zekeriya Efendi was born in Erzincan, within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Asakir-i Şahane yüzbaşısı. Schooling included İbtidaiye; Erzincan Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Erzincan in 1872/73 (AH 1289). Dated career entries span 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 38 AH years, from Erzincan to Dördüncü Ordu, beginning with Meclis-i idare kâtibi (makam). More than one post or place appears in 10 of those years. Place names include Erzincan, Kars, Muş and Ahlat and 4 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 30 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 931 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,250 kuruş in 1877/78 (AH 1294). [1]
Life and career
Follow 12 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 12 · Erzincan
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.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 First work as recorded
2 Meclis-i idare kâtibi (makam)
30 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Kars / Muş
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 5 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Muş / Ahlat / Bulanık
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 1878 (AH 1295)
Muş / Erzincan
Within-year entry order unresolved
7 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 7 recorded years
Erzincan
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
8 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Mefhak (Cebel-i Haraz) / Yemen
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Mefhak (Cebel-i Haraz); Yemen
9 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 6 recorded years
Yemen
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yemen
10 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Yemen / Dördüncü Ordu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yemen; Dördüncü Ordu
11 1894/95 (AH 1312) · 15 recorded years
Dördüncü Ordu
AH entries: 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu
12 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Dördüncü Ordu / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu; Location not recorded
Dördüncü Ordu
Dördüncü Ordu Erkan-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube memuru (1. sınıf)
Continuing service as described
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Birth · Erzincan · Year not recorded
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 30 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 1.6% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 30 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 1.7% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 550 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 61.5% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 550 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 61.5% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 550 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 62.4% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,250 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 83.7% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,250 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 84.4% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 300 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 27.9% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 400 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 44.2% | 1534 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 76.4% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 75.6% | 1748 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 750 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 73.6% | 1725 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 960 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 79.6% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 960 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 79.8% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 960 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 80.5% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 960 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 81.5% | 1929 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 864 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 77.8% | 2119 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,080 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 81.3% | 1371 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 931 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.5% | 1088 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rateSix places with the most recorded career years. 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 titleThe 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
- Erzincan187 other officialsMehmet Kamil Efendi born 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Erzincan29 other officialsMahmud Zülkif Bey 9 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)135 other officialsMehmed Nuri Efendi first entry in Erzincan; highest salary 1,091 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına Göre Erzincanlı memurlar
ENGİN ADAK · 2008 · Pages 49, 50
77 BOA, DH. SAİD, 319/75; BOA, DH. SAİD, 319/75
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 38 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 64 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.