Mehmed Zekâi Efendi
Annual salary study and register readings
This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.
Life and register readings
Mehmed Zekâi Efendi was born in Malatya in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Work began in Istanbul in 1894/95, at about 26, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1894/95, names Mehmed Zekâi as zabtiye neferi, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1895 to 1898 and 1902 to 1906.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to 500 in 1908/09, the peak, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.
Places in order of time#
Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk), stop 4 (Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü), stop 5 (7. Bölük).
Born 1868/69 (AH 1285)
First work 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk as worded, no place record not on the map
1894/95 (AH 1312)
zabtiye neferi
300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü as worded, no place record not on the map
1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319)
No annual entry for 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315) before it.
zabtiye neferi
0 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
7. Bölük as worded, no place record not on the map
1906 to 1910 (AH 1324 to 1327)
No annual entry for 1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323) before it.
2. sınıf komiser (açıktan)
500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Career and salary#
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 300 | 400 | 28% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 0 | 400 | 0% | ||
| 1900/01 | 350 | 400 | 39% | ||
| 1901/02 | 350 | 400 | 38% | ||
| 1908/09 | 500 | 400 | 52% | ||
| 1909/10 | 500 | 600 | 41% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 300first-salary field |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | zabtiye neferi | 300 | |
| No annual entry: 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315) | |||
| 1898 to 1902AH 1316 to 1319 | zabtiye neferi | 350 | |
| No annual entry: 1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323) | |||
| 1906 to 1910AH 1324 to 1327 | 2. sınıf komiser (açıktan) | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1868/69 (AH 1285)
- Birthplace
- Malatya
First work
- Year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Recorded with#
Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.
Same birthplace
Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zekâi Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); no salary recorded
- Hüseyin Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Talat Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ali Avni Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 800 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zekâi Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Hamdi Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmed Ağafirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmet Faik Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mehmet Yadigâr Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); no salary recorded
All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | zabtiye neferi | Atik Zabtiye 1. Bölük 5. Çavuşluk | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | zabtiye neferi | Tertib-i Cedid 17. Devair Bölüğü | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. sınıf polis komiseri (açıktan) | 0 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | zabtiye ikinci çavuşu | 1. Bölük | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | zabtiye ikinci çavuşu | 1. Bölük | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | zabtiye ikinci çavuşu | 20. Bölük | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 | ||
| 1907/08AH 1325 | 1. sınıf komiser (açıktan) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 | ||
| 1908/09AH 1326 | üçüncü komiser (asaleten) | 7. Bölük | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | üçüncü komiser (asaleten) | 7. Bölük | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | komiser (Azil) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİD.00173.00186, s. 369 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
What the sources named in this table are
- Selected canonical career records
- Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)