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Mehmed Zeki 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. 1890/91 (AH 1308)Rüsûmât Nezâreti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)
  2. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Rüsûmât Nezâreti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 200 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmât Nezâreti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 16

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 16 · 200 kuruş

      [1]

  3. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısıJeddah (Cidde) · 200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 17 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısıJeddah (Cidde) · 200; 250 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 18 · 200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 18 · 250 kuruş

      [1]

  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısıJeddah (Cidde) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 19 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısıJeddah (Cidde) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 20 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısıJeddah (Cidde) · 250; 280 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 21 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 21 · 280 kuruş

      [1]

  8. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 280; 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 22 · 280 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 23 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 24 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  11. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 25 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  14. 1903/04 (AH 1321)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharririJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · 2 career entriesJeddah (Cidde) · 400 kuruş

    1. Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri

      Jeddah (Cidde) · Calculated age 29 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

Recorded pay

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

02004001891/92AH 13091904/05AH 13221891/92 (AH 1309) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 16 · 200 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 17 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 18 · 200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 18 · 250 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 19 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 20 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 21 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1896/97 (AH 1314) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 21 · 280 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsûmât İdaresi markacısı · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 22 · 280 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 22 · 400 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 23 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 24 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 25 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 26 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü tezkere muharriri · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 29 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Rüsûmât Müdürlüğü başkâtibi · Jeddah (Cidde) · age 29 · 400 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Mekke [source]
Birth year
1876/77 (AH 1293) [source]
Father’s occupation
Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî kâtibi [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 124/453, s.453 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Mekke Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Cidde [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]
Apprenticeship
1.5 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

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. Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları

    BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 234, 235

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