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Mehmet 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. 1889/90 (AH 1307)İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimiElassona (Alasonya) · 150 kuruş

    1. İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 17 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [1] [2]

  2. 1890/91 (AH 1308)İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimiElassona (Alasonya) · 150 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 18 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  3. 1891/92 (AH 1309)Kitâbet görevlisi · 4 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · 0; 150 kuruş

    2. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. Maarif kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 19 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [2]

    4. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 19 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [2]

  4. 1892/93 (AH 1310)Kitâbet görevlisi · 6 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · 0; 100; 150; 240 kuruş

    1. Kitâbet görevlisi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tahrîrat kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20 · 240 kuruş

      [1] [2]

    3. Evkaf müdürü vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20 · 100 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Maarif kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20 · 150 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    5. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    6. Evkaf müdür vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 20 · 100 kuruş

      [2]

  5. 1893/94 (AH 1311)Tahrîrat kâtibi · 6 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · 0; 70; 100; 240 kuruş

    1. Tahrîrat kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Evkaf müdürü vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Evkaf müdürü vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21 · 0 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    5. Evkaf müdür vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    6. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 21 · 70 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      [2]

  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)Tahrîrat kâtibi · 3 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · 70; 100; 240 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Tahrîrat kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 22 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Evkaf müdür vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 22 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 22 · 70 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  7. 1895/96 (AH 1313)Tahrîrat kâtibi · 8 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Bitola (Manastır) · 70; 100; 240; 300 kuruş

    1. Tahrîrat kâtibi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 23 · 240 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    3. Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Evkaf müdür vekili

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 23 · 100 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    5. İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi

      Elassona (Alasonya) · Calculated age 23 · 70 kuruş

      Broader service field: Education

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    8. Bidayet Mahkemesi ceza kâtibi

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 23 · 300 kuruş

      [2]

  8. 1896/97 (AH 1314)Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet) · 300 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 24 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1897/98 (AH 1315)Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi · 4 career entriesIstanbul (Dersaadet) · Beyşehir · 150; 300; 500; 600 kuruş

    1. Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi

      Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Calculated age 25 · 300 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Mal Müdürü

      · Calculated age 25 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tahrîrat kalemi müsevvir-i evveli

      Beyşehir · Calculated age 25 · 600 kuruş

      [1]

    4. Meclis-i idâre kâtibi

      Beyşehir · Calculated age 25 · 150 kuruş

      [1]

  10. 1898/99 (AH 1316)Tahrîrat kalemi müsevvir-i evveli · 6 career entriesBeyşehir · Bitola (Manastır) · Ioannina (Yanya) · Yenişehir · 300; 400; 600 kuruş

    1. Tahrîrat kalemi müsevvir-i evveli

      Beyşehir · Calculated age 26 · 600 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstinaf mahkemesi hat kâtibi

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 26 · 300 kuruş

      [1]

    3. İstinaf mahkemesi müddeiumumiliği kâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 26 · 400 kuruş

      [1] [2] · 2 linked entries

    4. Tahrirat Kalemi birinci müsevvidi (İnfisal)

      Yenişehir · Calculated age 26

      [2]

    5. Meclis-i İdare kâtibi (İnfisal)

      Yenişehir · Calculated age 26

      [2]

  11. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)İstinaf mahkemesi müddeiumumiliği kâtibi · 2 career entriesIoannina (Yanya) · Köprüce · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. İstinaf mahkemesi müddeiumumiliği kâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 27 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · Calculated age 27 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1900/01 (AH 1318)Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi · 3 career entriesKöprüce · Ioannina (Yanya) · 400; 500 kuruş

    1. Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · Calculated age 28 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddeiumumiliği kâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 28 · 400 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    3. İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddeiumumiliği kâtibi (Azil)

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 28

      [2]

  13. 1901/02 (AH 1319)Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesKöprüce · 500; 540 kuruş

    1. Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · Calculated age 29 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidâyet mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · Calculated age 29 · 540 kuruş

      [1] [2]

  14. 1902/03 (AH 1320)Bidâyet mahkemesi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesKöprüce · Ioannina (Yanya) · 540; 900 kuruş

    1. Bidâyet mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · Calculated age 30 · 540 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. İstinaf mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 30 · 900 kuruş

      [1] [2]

  15. 1903/04 (AH 1321)İstinaf mahkemesi başkâtibi · 3 career entriesIoannina (Yanya) · Anarva · Pogradec (İstarova) · 900; 1,200 kuruş

    1. İstinaf mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Ioannina (Yanya) · Calculated age 31 · 900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1] [2]

    2. Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi

      Anarva · Calculated age 31 · 1,200 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi

      Pogradec (İstarova) · Calculated age 31 · 1,200 kuruş

      [2]

  16. 1904/05 (AH 1322)Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · 2 career entriesAnarva · Pogradec (İstarova) · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi

      Anarva · Calculated age 32 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi

      Pogradec (İstarova) · Calculated age 32 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  17. 1905/06 (AH 1323)Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · 2 career entriesAnarva · Pogradec (İstarova) · 1,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi

      Anarva · Calculated age 33 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi

      Pogradec (İstarova) · Calculated age 33 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  18. 1906/07 (AH 1324)Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · 6 career entriesAnarva · Servia (Serfiçe) · Bitola (Manastır) · Pogradec (İstarova) · Srebrenica (Srebrenitsa) · 1,000; 1,200; 1,500 kuruş

    1. Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi

      Anarva · Calculated age 34 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    3. Fevkalâde mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 34 · 1,500 kuruş

      [1] [2]

    4. Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi

      Pogradec (İstarova) · Calculated age 34 · 1,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    5. Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi (İnfisal)

      Pogradec (İstarova) · Calculated age 34

      [2]

  19. 1907/08 (AH 1325)Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibiBitola (Manastır) · 1,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 35 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

  20. 1908/09 (AH 1326)Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi · 2 career entriesBitola (Manastır) · 1,500 kuruş

    1. Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 36 · 1,500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [2]

    2. Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi (İnfisal)

      Bitola (Manastır) · Calculated age 36

      [2]

  21. Undated entriesİbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi (Nakil) · 10 career entriesElassona (Alasonya) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Bitola (Manastır) · Yenişehir · Köprüce · 150; 500; 600 kuruş

    1. İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi (Nakil)

      Elassona (Alasonya)

      Broader service field: Education

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    4. Adliye Nezâreti sicil memuriyeti müdüriyeti kısmı mülâzımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Broader service field: Judicial

      Recorded service ending

      [1]

    7. Ulûm-ı Mâl müdür muavini

      · 500 kuruş

      [2] · 2 linked entries

    9. Meclis-i İdare kâtibi

      Yenişehir · 150 kuruş

      [2]

    10. Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi

      Köprüce · 500 kuruş

      [2]

Recorded pay

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

07501,5001889/90AH 13071908/09AH 13261889/90 (AH 1307) · İbtidâî mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 17 · 150 kuruş1890/91 (AH 1308) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 18 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 19 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1891/92 (AH 1309) · Maarif kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 19 · 150 kuruş1891/92 (AH 1309) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 19 · 0 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Tahrîrat kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 20 · 240 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Evkaf müdürü vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 20 · 100 kuruş1892/93 (AH 1310) · Maarif kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 20 · 150 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 20 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1892/93 (AH 1310) · Evkaf müdür vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 20 · 100 kuruş1893/94 (AH 1311) · Tahrîrat kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 21 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Evkaf müdürü vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 21 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 21 · 0 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · Evkaf müdür vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 21 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1893/94 (AH 1311) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 21 · 70 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · Tahrîrat kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 22 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · Evkaf müdür vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 22 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1894/95 (AH 1312) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 22 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Tahrîrat kâtibi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 23 · 240 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 23 · 300 kuruş1895/96 (AH 1313) · Evkaf müdür vekili · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 23 · 100 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · İbtidai Mektebi hat muallimi · Elassona (Alasonya) · age 23 · 70 kuruş · Source-bounded service1895/96 (AH 1313) · Bidayet Mahkemesi ceza kâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 23 · 300 kuruş1896/97 (AH 1314) · Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 24 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Velâyet mahkemesi kâtibi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · age 25 · 300 kuruş · Source-bounded service1897/98 (AH 1315) · Mal Müdürü · age 25 · 500 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Tahrîrat kalemi müsevvir-i evveli · Beyşehir · age 25 · 600 kuruş1897/98 (AH 1315) · Meclis-i idâre kâtibi · Beyşehir · age 25 · 150 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · Tahrîrat kalemi müsevvir-i evveli · Beyşehir · age 26 · 600 kuruş · Source-bounded service1898/99 (AH 1316) · İstinaf mahkemesi hat kâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 26 · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · İstinaf mahkemesi müddeiumumiliği kâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 26 · 400 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · İstinaf Mahkemesi zabıta kâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 26 · 300 kuruş1898/99 (AH 1316) · İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddeiumumiliği kâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 26 · 400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · İstinaf mahkemesi müddeiumumiliği kâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 27 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1899/1900 (AH 1317) · Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi · Köprüce · age 27 · 500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi · Köprüce · age 28 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1900/01 (AH 1318) · İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddeiumumiliği kâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 28 · 400 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Ticaret mahkemesi başkâtibi · Köprüce · age 29 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1901/02 (AH 1319) · Bidâyet mahkemesi başkâtibi · Köprüce · age 29 · 540 kuruş1902/03 (AH 1320) · Bidâyet mahkemesi başkâtibi · Köprüce · age 30 · 540 kuruş · Source-bounded service1902/03 (AH 1320) · İstinaf mahkemesi başkâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 30 · 900 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · İstinaf mahkemesi başkâtibi · Ioannina (Yanya) · age 31 · 900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1903/04 (AH 1321) · Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · Anarva · age 31 · 1,200 kuruş1903/04 (AH 1321) · Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi · Pogradec (İstarova) · age 31 · 1,200 kuruş1904/05 (AH 1322) · Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · Anarva · age 32 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1904/05 (AH 1322) · Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi · Pogradec (İstarova) · age 32 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · Anarva · age 33 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1905/06 (AH 1323) · Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi · Pogradec (İstarova) · age 33 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Bidâyet mahkemesi reisi · Anarva · age 34 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Bidâyet mahkemesi birinci müstantiki · Servia (Serfiçe) · age 34 · 1,000 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Fevkalâde mahkemesi başkâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 34 · 1,500 kuruş1906/07 (AH 1324) · Bidayet Mahkemesi reisi · Pogradec (İstarova) · age 34 · 1,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1906/07 (AH 1324) · Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci müstantiki · Srebrenica (Srebrenitsa) · age 34 · 1,000 kuruş1907/08 (AH 1325) · Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 35 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1908/09 (AH 1326) · Fevkalade Mahkemesi başkâtibi · Bitola (Manastır) · age 36 · 1,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Bosna [source]
Birth year
1873/74 (AH 1290) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 130/377 [1] [2]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377 [2]BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 130/377, s.377 [2]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]Okuryazar [1] [2]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education detail
İşkodra ibtidai ve rüşdiye mürettep dersler;şahadetname. [source]
Education
İşkodra İbtidai Mektebi;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
17 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Alasonya [source]
First-salary field
150 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [source]
Apprenticeship
2.03 [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. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Bosna doğumlu memurlar

    MEHMET AKGÜN · 2017 · Pages 159, 160

  2. II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Bosna-Hersekli devlet adamları

    DİLEK AKDEMİR · 2018 · Pages 248, 249, 250

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