Mehmet Zeki Efendi
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290) · Bosna · Dated entries 1889 to 1909 (AH 1307 to 1326)
Languages Turkish
Archival references BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 130/377; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377, s.377
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Zeki Efendi was born in Bosna in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Schooling included İşkodra İbtidai Mektebi;Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1] [2]
Service began in Elassona (Alasonya) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). Dated career entries span 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 20 AH years, from Elassona (Alasonya) to Bitola (Manastır), beginning with İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi and ending with entries for Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 15 of those years. Place names include Elassona (Alasonya), Istanbul (Dersaadet), Bitola (Manastır) and Beyşehir and 6 other named places. [1] [2]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307) to 1,500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,500 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [1] [2]
Life and career
Follow 14 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.
Stage 1 of 14 · Bosna
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Bosna
Not yet located on the map: Bosna
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
3 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 5 recorded years
Elassona (Alasonya)
AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Elassona (Alasonya) / Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Bitola (Manastır)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
6 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded / Beyşehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
7 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Beyşehir / Bitola (Manastır) / Ioannina (Yanya) / Yenişehir
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Yenişehir
8 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years
Ioannina (Yanya) / Köprüce
AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Köprüce
9 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Köprüce
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Köprüce
10 1902/03 (AH 1320)
Köprüce / Ioannina (Yanya)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Köprüce
11 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Ioannina (Yanya) / Anarva / Pogradec (İstarova)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Anarva
12 1904/05 (AH 1322) · 2 recorded years
Anarva / Pogradec (İstarova)
AH entries: 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Anarva
13 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Anarva / Servia (Serfiçe) / Bitola (Manastır) / Pogradec (İstarova) / Srebrenica (Srebrenitsa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Anarva
14 1907/08 (AH 1325) · 2 recorded years
Bitola (Manastır)
AH entries: 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi
1,500 kuruşCalculated age 35
Continuing service as described
10 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi (Nakil) · Elassona (Alasonya) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Fahri hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Adliye Nezâreti sicil memuriyeti müdüriyeti kısmı mülâzımı · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 150 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 10.7% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 150 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 10.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 240 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 20.9% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 240 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 20.5% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 240 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 21.1% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 600 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 70.5% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 600 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 68.6% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 55.3% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 540 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 62.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,200 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 86.3% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,200 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 86.0% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,200 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 85.9% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,500 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 88.3% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1,500 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 87.6% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1,500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 85.4% | 1232 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
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 entriesThe six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Elassona (Alasonya)0 to 240
- Bitola (Manastır)300 to 1,500
- Ioannina (Yanya)400 to 900
- Anarva1,200
- Köprüce500 to 540
- Pogradec (İstarova)1,200
Six places with the most recorded career years. 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 titleThe 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
- Elassona (Alasonya)1 other officialHÜSEYİN TEVFİK EFENDİ 5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- 1889/90 (AH 1307)197 other officialsAhmed Seyit Efendi first entry in Trabzon; no salary recorded
- Mal Muduru28 other officialsMustafa Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 2,430 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar
MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 159, 160
216 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 130/377.; BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 130/377
- II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları
DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 248, 249, 250
BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377; 334 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377, s.377.; BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377, s.377.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 20 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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