Mehmed Zekâi Efendi
Born 1868/69 (AH 1285) · Malatya · Dated entries 1894 to 1910 (AH 1312 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Zekâi Efendi was born in Malatya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Schooling included Malatya Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Söğütlü Camii. The language repertoire included Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 9 AH years, from Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk to 7. Bölük, beginning with zabtiye neferi and ending with entries for üçüncü komiser (asaleten). More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk, Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü, 1. Bölük and 20. Bölük and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 500 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
Follow 9 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 9 · Malatya
How to read this map
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7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1868/69 (AH 1285)
Malatya
Birth
2 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk
First work as recorded
Calculated age 27
Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk
zabtiye neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 27
3 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü
Not yet located on the map: Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü
zabtiye neferi
Calculated age 31
4 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
3. sınıf polis komiseri (açıktan)
0 kuruşCalculated age 32
5 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1. Bölük
Not yet located on the map: 1. Bölük
zabtiye ikinci çavuşu
350 kuruşCalculated age 33
6 1901/02 (AH 1319)
1. Bölük / 20. Bölük
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 1. Bölük; 20. Bölük
1. Bölük
zabtiye ikinci çavuşu
350 kuruşCalculated age 34
Continuing service as described
20. Bölük
zabtiye ikinci çavuşu
350 kuruşCalculated age 34
7 1906/07 (AH 1324) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
2. sınıf komiser (açıktan)
Calculated age 39
1. sınıf komiser (açıktan)
Calculated age 40
8 1908/09 (AH 1326)
7. Bölük
Not yet located on the map: 7. Bölük
üçüncü komiser (asaleten)
500 kuruşCalculated age 41
9 1909/10 (AH 1327)
7. Bölük / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: 7. Bölük; Location not recorded
7. Bölük
üçüncü komiser (asaleten)
500 kuruşCalculated age 42
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
komiser (Azil)
Calculated age 42
3 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.
- zabtiye kapu çuhadarı · Zabtiye Nezareti · Undated · 87 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- zabtiye kapu çuhadarı (Görevin sona ermesi) · Zabtiye Nezareti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- yeniden görev verilmesi kararı · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 2004 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 350 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 39.8% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 350 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 38.7% | 1666 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 52.4% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 500 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 41.1% | 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- 1. Bölük350
- 7. Bölük500
- 20. Bölük350
- Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk300
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
- Malatya139 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi born 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 400 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Malatya Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Söğütlü Camii [source]
Language skills and historical terms
Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.
- Turkish · yazar [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909
RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 327, 328, 329
DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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