Mehmed Mekki Bey

Born 1877/78 (AH 1294) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1892 to 1911 (AH 1310 to 1328)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.173/141, s.141

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The life

Mehmed Mekki Bey was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The father’s occupation was Eski Hicaz vilayeti defterdarı. Schooling included İbtidai mektepleri; Eyüp Askerî Rüşdiyesi; Kuleli Askerî İdadisi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası in 1892/93 (AH 1310). Dated career entries span 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 16 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi, beginning with Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası mülazımı and ending with entries for Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet), Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi, Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi and Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi.^{[1] [2]}

Monthly pay went from 75 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 400 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328).^{[1] [2]}

Personal record

Birth: Mecca (Mekke) · 1877/78 (AH 1294)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Eski Hicaz vilayeti defterdarı^[source]
Education: İbtidai mektepleri; Eyüp Askerî Rüşdiyesi; Kuleli Askerî İdadisi^[source]
First work: 1892/93 (AH 1310) · Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası^[source]
Age at first work: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 4.92^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

16
Dated AH years: 6
Career place names: 5
Entries without a resolved year: 10
Salary years: 75 → 400
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 400
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 31.3%
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.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 1910/11 (AH 1328); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1910/11 (AH 1328).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 6 · Mecca (Mekke)

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1877/78 (AH 1294)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası
1. Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 16
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası mülazımı
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
3
1896/97 (AH 1314) · 12 recorded years
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi
AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi
1. Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
2. Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  75 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
All 14 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1908/09 (AH 1326)
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi / Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi; Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi
1. Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi
  Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  75 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
2. Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi
  Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi / Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi; Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi
1. Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi
  Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
2. Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi
  Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
6
1910/11 (AH 1328)
Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi
1. Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi
  350 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]
2. Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1][2]

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Öğrenci · Kuleli Mekteb-i İdadi-i Harbiye-i Şahane · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1] Source [2]
Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası mülazımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1] Source [2]
Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi · Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi · Undated · 450 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1] Source [2]
Rüsumat Merkez Müdürlüğü sandık emini · Trabzon · Undated · 800 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1] Source [2]

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

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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
1901/02 (AH 1319)	75	400	150 to 1,520	3.5%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	75	400	150 to 1,500	3.2%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	75	405	150 to 1,450	3.5%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	75	400	135 to 1,500	3.8%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	75	430	125 to 1,500	4.2%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	75	450	150 to 1,525	3.5%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	75	460	135 to 1,615	4.0%	1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)	100	400	150 to 2,000	3.2%	1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)	350	600	200 to 2,000	29.6%	1088
1910/11 (AH 1328)	400	500	200 to 2,000	31.3%	732

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi13
1896 to 1909 (AH 1314 to 1326)
Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi2
1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)
Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi2
1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi25 to 100
Rüsumat Kontrol Direktörlüğü Kontrol Kalemi350 to 400
Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi100

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

Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi memuru8
1901 to 1909 (AH 1319 to 1326)
Rüsumat Emaneti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı6
1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)
Kontrol Kalemi üçüncü sınıf kâtibi2
1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)
Rüsumat Tedkik Kalemi memuru2
1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)
Şûrâ-yı Devlet Fihrist Odası mülazımı1
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsAbdullah Kasım Efendi born 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 470 kuruş
Istanbul189 other officialsMehmed Said Paşa 1 shared year; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
1892/93 (AH 1310)165 other officialsMehmet Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 500 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling İbtidai mektepleri; Eyüp Askerî Rüşdiyesi; Kuleli Askerî İdadisi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 201, 202
Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 203, 204
264 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.173/141, s.141.

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