Mehmet Zekai Efendi
Mehmet Zekai Efendi was born in Istanbul / Dersaadet in AH 1298. Recorded schooling includes 7 years at Rusdiye Mektebi. First work is recorded in Istanbul in AH 1320 (22 AH years after the recorded birth year). The only surviving annual entry is AH 1322 with Havalename Kalemi in Istanbul (50 kuruş monthly). Recorded language competency: Turkish: Kitabet (writing).
Life and career
1 recorded AH year · 1 annual entry
Life and career stages
Recorded AH years- AH 1298
- AH 1320Birth-year difference: 22 AH years
- AH 1322Birth-year difference: 24 AH years
Each stage retains its recorded place and title. Annual stages group only consecutive years with the same title and place; they do not prove continuous tenure. Birth-year differences compare AH year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays.
Assigned salary in the annual career
Monthly kuruş · AHHavalename Kalemi · istanbul · 50 kuruş monthly
First work is separately recorded at AH 1320 in istanbul. The first-salary field is 50 kuruş; it is not a dated point on this curve.
AH 1322 · 1904 label
One annual entry survives; there is no salary trajectory to draw.
Places in this record
◆ Birthplace■ First work● Annual recordRing: multiple relations
Every recorded locality remains visible in the key. Hollow markers show candidate coordinates; these are not resolved locations. Overlapping markers are offset for legibility; a small anchor and leader retain the source coordinate. Coastlines provide modern geographic context.
How to read the dates, birth-year differences and salaries
AH years are the ordering clock. Birth-year differences subtract uncontested AH birth and event year numbers; they are not exact ages or birthdays. Separately recorded first-job age fields can use a different or unresolved convention and are not substituted into this calculation. Gregorian years are stored dataset labels. The first-work field may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service, and does not establish the beginning of PT service.
Salaries are monthly nominal assigned amounts, not confirmed cash disbursements. Differences between annual entries are not dated promotions or transfers. A source status such as Vefat is not a formal death date; no death locality is assigned from a last work place.
Preparation
- School / programme
- Rusdiye Mektebi
- Schooling duration
- 7 source-recorded years
- Apprenticeship
- 2 source-recorded years
- Qualification indicator
- 0
- Telegraph school indicator
- 0
- Father’s occupation
- Not recorded
- Recorded birth year
- AH 1298
- Religion wording
- Musluman
- Nationality wording
- Turkish
Schooling years are a duration/classification, not an acquisition date. Education and training dates await source-linked structured records; no dates are inferred here. No completion date is inferred from a schooling duration.
First-work and entry-pay fields
- First-work source date
- AH 1320 · 1902 label
- Place
- istanbul
- First-salary field
- 50 kuruş
- Source
- recovered
The first-work date may concern apprenticeship, paid instruction or earlier state service. The first-salary amount is a separate inherited field; their presence together does not prove that payment began on this date. Neither is the first positive annual salary observation.
Recorded language repertoire
1 field contains historical terms.
- Turkish
- Kitabet (writing)
Only recorded terms are shown. Omitted language fields mean not recorded; they do not establish that the official lacked a language. Original competency wording is preserved; Kitabet (writing), Tekellum (speaking) and Asina (familiarity) are cautious historical glosses, not modern proficiency levels. Workbook language notes remain separately source-linked in the additional evidence. Read the terminology note.
Further biographical evidence
Source wording and status assertions
Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)
- Clerical and Administrative Staff
Inspect the additional source wording, language notes and original codes
These separately linked fields add source wording and raw codes without replacing the annual career. Original rank, decoration and merit-code labels remain unverified; zero is retained literally. Read about the sources.
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Download these additional source records (JSON)
| Recorded field | Original value | Source locator |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation category (September 2025 detailed personnel edition)Recorded source wording | Clerical and Administrative Staff | september-occupation · occupation_cat source lines 33974 Recorded source-year values: 1322 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Havalename Kalemi | eda-memur · currentjob source lines 35052 Recorded source-year values: 1322 |
| Current job titles in older EDA annual recordsRecorded source wording | Havalename Kalemi | eda-memureski · currentjob source lines 35052 Recorded source-year values: 1322 |
| Any criminal record (1=yes)Source-year indicator; not a lifetime verdict | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 61087 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35052 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memur · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35052 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 35052 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | eda-memureski · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 35052 |
| Criminal record (coded level)Unverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | october10-personnel · criminal_record_times AH 1322 · AH source lines 61087 |
| adlisicilkaydiUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · adlisicilkaydi AH 1322 · AH source lines 33974 |
| criminalUnverified code labels / original source assertion | 0 | september-occupation · criminal AH 1322 · AH source lines 33974 |
Read the complete annual source table
Every displayed annual entry, in source / Hijri-year order. This table is the accessible alternative to the connected timeline and charts.
| Source year | Gregorian label | Title | Locality wording | Monthly kuruş | Source line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Havalename KalemiOriginal: havalename kalemi | istanbul | 50 | recovered line 31896 |
- AH 1322 · 1904 label
Havalename Kalemi
Original title: havalename kalemi
50 kuruş / monthrecovered · source line 31896
Evidence & edition
Coded extracts, preserved source differences
Collection membership
- Website edition
- ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a
- Source editions
- older, september, recovered
- Annual display source
- Recovered merged personnel extract
- Paper sample
- Included · 1 annual entries
- Other archival labels
- No different label recorded
- Geography
- Includes unresolved or conflicting geographic evidence
How to read this dossier
The website joins the exact archival identity across editions. Names are attributes and never merge records. No annual gap is filled from another extract. Geographic alternatives, missing values and differences remain evidence rather than silent corrections.
All substantive source assertions (76)
| Field | Original stored value | Source field and lines |
|---|---|---|
| birthH | 1298 | recovered · dobirth source lines 31896 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birthplace source lines 31896 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | recovered · birth_place source lines 31896 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | recovered · birth_vilayet source lines 31896 |
| school | Rusdiye Mektebi | recovered · school_type source lines 31896 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · education_year source lines 31896 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | recovered · school_year source lines 31896 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | recovered · mulazemet source lines 31896 |
| qualification | 0 | recovered · qualification source lines 31896 |
| derivedQualificationFlag | 0 | recovered · has_qualification source lines 31896 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | recovered · telgraf source lines 31896 |
| religion | Musluman | recovered · religion source lines 31896 |
| nationality | Turkish | recovered · nationality source lines 31896 |
| firstWorkH | 1320 | recovered · ilk_ise_baslangic_yili source lines 31896 |
| firstWorkG | 1902 | recovered · firstjobyear source lines 31896 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | recovered · firstjob_place source lines 31896 |
| firstWorkSalary | 50 | recovered · firstjob_wage source lines 31896 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | recovered · lat_birth_place source lines 31896 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | recovered · lon_birth_place source lines 31896 |
| name | Mehmet Zekai Efendi | september · İsim source lines 33974 |
| birthH | 1298 | september · dobirth source lines 33974 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | september · birthplace source lines 33974 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | september · birth_vilayet source lines 33974 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | september · school_type source lines 33974 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | september · education_year source lines 33974 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | september · mulazemet source lines 33974 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | september · MülazemetSüresi source lines 33974 |
| qualification | 0 | september · qualification source lines 33974 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | september · telegraph_school source lines 33974 |
| religion | musluman | september · religion source lines 33974 |
| nationality | turkish | september · nationality source lines 33974 |
| firstWorkH | 1320 | september · firstjob_year source lines 33974 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | september · firstjob_place source lines 33974 |
| firstWorkSalary | 50 | september · firstjob_wage source lines 33974 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | september · lat_birth_place source lines 33974 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | september · lon_birth_place source lines 33974 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | september · lang_turkish source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | september · lang_turkish2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | september · lang_arabic2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | september · lang_french2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | september · lang_persian2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | september · lang_english2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | september · lang_italian2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | september · lang_armenian2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | september · lang_greek2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | september · lang_rum2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | september · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 33974 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | september · lang_russian2 source lines 33974 |
| name | Mehmet Zekai Efendi | older · İsim source lines 19640 |
| birthH | 1298 | older · dobirth source lines 19640 |
| birthPlace | dersaadet | older · birthplace source lines 19640 |
| birthProvince | dersaadet | older · birth_vilayet source lines 19640 |
| school | rusdiye mektebi | older · school_type source lines 19640 |
| schoolingYears | 7 | older · education_year source lines 19640 |
| apprenticeshipYears | 2 | older · MülazemetSüresi source lines 19640 |
| qualification | 0 | older · qualification source lines 19640 |
| telegraphSchool | 0 | older · telgraph_school source lines 19640 |
| religion | musluman | older · religion source lines 19640 |
| nationality | turkish | older · nationality source lines 19640 |
| firstWorkH | 1320 | older · firstjob_year source lines 19640 |
| firstWorkPlace | istanbul | older · firstjob_place source lines 19640 |
| firstWorkSalary | 50 | older · firstjob_wage source lines 19640 |
| birthLatitude | 41.08488985821407 | older · lat_birth_place source lines 19640 |
| birthLongitude | 29.056960217582365 | older · lon_birth_place source lines 19640 |
| language:Turkish | Kitabet | older · lang_turkish source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Turkish | 3 | older · lang_turkish2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Arabic | 0 | older · lang_arabic2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:French | 0 | older · lang_french2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Persian | 0 | older · lang_persian2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:English | 0 | older · lang_english2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Italian | 0 | older · lang_italian2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Armenian | 0 | older · lang_armenian2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Greek | 0 | older · lang_greek2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Rum | 0 | older · lang_rum2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Bulgarian | 0 | older · lang_bulgarian2 source lines 19640 |
| derivedLanguageCode:Russian | 0 | older · lang_russian2 source lines 19640 |
Original stored values
These are values in the inherited coded extracts. They are not a verified transcription of the original register. Source spelling and differences are preserved.
Cite this record
Ottoman Bureaucracy, “Mehmet Zekai Efendi”, archival reference 116_151; 299, edition ottoman-bureaucracy-2026-10-11-v1-84d4f7f2230a, https://ottomanbureaucracy.com/people/p-4dcaa28d2f6a2a26/.
Stable archival identity: /people/p-4dcaa28d2f6a2a26/. The edition identifies the data build separately from the stable person address. Historical records may be revised in a later edition.