Mehmed Zati Efendi
Born 1845/46 (AH 1262) · Travnik · Dated entries 1863 to 1895 (AH 1280 to 1312)
Languages Turkish
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Zati Efendi was born in Travnik in 1845/46 (AH 1262). Schooling included Travnik ibtidaiye ve rüşdiye mektepleri; özel muallimden Arabî ve Fârisî dersleri. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Travnik in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Dated career entries span 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1894/95 (AH 1312) across 15 AH years, from Travnik to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Travnik Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Travnik, Bosna merkez sancağı and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 100 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312); the highest recorded monthly rate is 420 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 7 · Travnik
How to read this map
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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 1845/46 (AH 1262)
Travnik
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 18
Travnik Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı
Calculated age 18
3 1869/70 (AH 1286) · 5 recorded years
Travnik
AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Belediye Meclisi kâtibi ve sandık emini
250 kuruşCalculated age 24
Tahrir-i Emlâk seyyar fırkası memuru (İnfisal)
Calculated age 28
4 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Bosna merkez sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Bosna merkez sancağı
Temyiz-i Hukuk Meclisi mukayyidi
300 kuruşCalculated age 30
5 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Bosna merkez sancağı / Travnik
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Bosna merkez sancağı
Bosna merkez sancağı
Temyiz-i Hukuk Meclisi mukayyidi
300 kuruşCalculated age 31
Continuing service as described
Meclis-i Temyiz Hukuk ikinci kâtibi
420 kuruşCalculated age 31
6 1877/78 (AH 1294) · 3 recorded years
Travnik
AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Meclis-i Temyiz Hukuk ikinci kâtibi
420 kuruşCalculated age 32
Continuing service as described
Meclis-i Temyiz Hukuk ikinci kâtibi (İstifa)
Calculated age 34
7 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Adliye Nezareti Sicil Kalemi kâtibi
100 kuruşCalculated age 47
İstanbul İstinaf Müddeiumumiliği Kalemi memuru
100 kuruşCalculated age 50
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.
- Travnik Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı · Travnik · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 23.0% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 250 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 21.9% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 250 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 21.7% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 250 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 23.7% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 250 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 24.8% | 805 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 28.5% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 420 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 49.8% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 420 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 49.5% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 420 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 49.3% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 420 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 51.6% | 1328 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 100 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 4.8% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 100 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 4.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 100 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 4.6% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 100 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 5.1% | 2004 |
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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Travnik250 to 420
- Bosna merkez sancağı300
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
- Travnik10 other officialsHacı Mustafa Efendi born 1846/47 (AH 1263); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Travnik2 other officialsHayri Bey 3 shared years; no salary recorded
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)71 other officialsMehmed Hamdî Efendi first entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 1,185 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]
Schooling Travnik ibtidaiye ve rüşdiye mektepleri; özel muallimden Arabî ve Fârisî dersleri [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · Tekellüm [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 247, 248
Read the original source accounts · 22 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 15 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 21 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.