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Mehmed Zekâi Efendi

Complete career chronology

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.

  1. 1894/95 (AH 1312)zabtiye neferiAtik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk · 300 kuruş

    1. zabtiye neferi

      Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk · Calculated age 27 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)zabtiye neferiTertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü

    1. zabtiye neferi

      Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü · Calculated age 31

      [1]

  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)3. sınıf polis komiseri (açıktan) · 0 kuruş

    1. 3. sınıf polis komiseri (açıktan)

      · Calculated age 32 · 0 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1900/01 (AH 1318)zabtiye ikinci çavuşu1. Bölük · 350 kuruş

    1. zabtiye ikinci çavuşu

      1. Bölük · Calculated age 33 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1901/02 (AH 1319)zabtiye ikinci çavuşu1. Bölük · 20. Bölük · 350 kuruş

    1. zabtiye ikinci çavuşu

      1. Bölük · Calculated age 34 · 350 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. zabtiye ikinci çavuşu

      20. Bölük · Calculated age 34 · 350 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1906/07 (AH 1324)2. sınıf komiser (açıktan)
  7. 1907/08 (AH 1325)1. sınıf komiser (açıktan)
  8. 1908/09 (AH 1326)üçüncü komiser (asaleten)7. Bölük · 500 kuruş

    1. üçüncü komiser (asaleten)

      7. Bölük · Calculated age 41 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  9. 1909/10 (AH 1327)üçüncü komiser (asaleten) · 2 career entries7. Bölük · 500 kuruş

    1. üçüncü komiser (asaleten)

      7. Bölük · Calculated age 42 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. komiser (Azil)

      · Calculated age 42

      [1]

  10. Undated entrieszabtiye kapu çuhadarı · 3 career entriesZabtiye Nezareti · 87 kuruş

    1. zabtiye kapu çuhadarı

      Zabtiye Nezareti · 87 kuruş

      [1]

    2. zabtiye kapu çuhadarı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Zabtiye Nezareti

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02505001894/95AH 13121909/10AH 13271894/95 (AH 1312) · zabtiye neferi · Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk · age 27 · 300 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3. sınıf polis komiseri (açıktan) · age 32 · 0 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · zabtiye ikinci çavuşu · 1. Bölük · age 33 · 350 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · zabtiye ikinci çavuşu · 1. Bölük · age 34 · 350 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · zabtiye ikinci çavuşu · 20. Bölük · age 34 · 350 kuruş1908/09 (AH 1326) · üçüncü komiser (asaleten) · 7. Bölük · age 41 · 500 kuruş1909/10 (AH 1327) · üçüncü komiser (asaleten) · 7. Bölük · age 42 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Malatya [source]
Birth province
Mamuretülaziz [source]
Birth year
1868/69 (AH 1285) [source]
Archive references
DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
yazar [source]
Education
Malatya Mekteb-i İbtidaisi; Söğütlü Camii [source]
Education level equivalent
7 (original schooling-year field) [1]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
27 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First-salary field
300 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
1894/95 (AH 1312) [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.

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i ahval defterlerine göre Malatya doğumlu memurlar: 1879-1909

    RAMAZAN ÇELEM · 2014 · Pages 327, 328, 329

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