Zekeriya Efendi

Born 1879/80 (AH 1297) · Bandırma · Dated entries 1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)

Languages Turkish

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Istanbul (Dersaadet)

9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Zekeriya Efendi was born in Bandırma in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The father’s occupation was Esnaf. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Kirmasti Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1897/98 (AH 1315). Dated career entries span 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 9 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı and ending with entries for Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 120 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 120 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Bandırma · 1879/80 (AH 1297)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Esnaf^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi; Kirmasti Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi^[source]
First work: 1897/98 (AH 1315) · Istanbul (Dersaadet)^[source]
Age at first work: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 3^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

9
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 6
Salary years: 80 → 120
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 120
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 8.1%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 1905/06 (AH 1323); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1905/06 (AH 1323).

Life and career

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Follow 3 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.

● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Bandırma

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

1
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Bandırma
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 18
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı
  Calculated age 18
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1898/99 (AH 1316) · 8 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı
  Calculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı
  Calculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı
  Calculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  80 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  80 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  80 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  100 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11. Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru
  120 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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

Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1900/01 (AH 1318)	80	400	140 to 1,500	3.8%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	80	400	150 to 1,520	3.8%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	100	400	150 to 1,500	4.4%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	100	405	150 to 1,450	5.1%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	100	400	135 to 1,500	4.9%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	120	430	125 to 1,500	8.1%	1423

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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 entries

Istanbul (Dersaadet)9
1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Istanbul (Dersaadet)80 to 120

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 title

Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru6
1900 to 1906 (AH 1318 to 1323)
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı4
1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)

The 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

Bandırma40 other officialsÖmer Lütfi Efendi born 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 800 kuruş
Istanbul389 other officialsAhmed Tevfik Paşa 9 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsÖmer Fevzi Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 145 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye şehadetnamesi^[1]

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Kirmasti Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Bandırma^[source]
Birth province: Hüdavendigâr^[source]
Birth year: 1879/80 (AH 1297)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Esnaf^[source]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Qualification: Formal qualification recorded^[source]Rüştiye şehadetnamesi^[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi; Kirmasti Mekteb-i Rüştiyesi^[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: 18^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: İstanbul^[source]
First work year: 1897/98 (AH 1315)^[source]
Apprenticeship: 3^[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Bandırmalı devlet adamları
ŞERİFE AÇIKGÖZ · 2020 · Pages 95, 96

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years

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