Zekeriya Zihni Efendi
Born 1875/76 (AH 1292) · Tokat · Dated entries 1900 to 1914 (AH 1318 to 1332)
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 189, s. 201
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Zekeriya Zihni Efendi was born in Tokat in 1875/76 (AH 1292). [source]
Service began in Amasya Lisesi in 1900/01 (AH 1318). Dated career entries span 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 1913/14 (AH 1332) across 6 AH years, beginning with örf ve sağlık muallimi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Amasya Lisesi, İzmir Lisesi, İzmir Lisesi Ticaret ve Sanayi Şubesi and Izmir (İzmir) and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 765 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 5,000 kuruş in 1913/14 (AH 1332); the highest recorded monthly rate is 5,000 kuruş in 1913/14 (AH 1332). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · Tokat
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.
4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Tokat
Birth
2 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Amasya Lisesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Amasya Lisesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 26
örf ve sağlık muallimi
765 kuruşCalculated age 26
3 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Amasya Lisesi / İzmir Lisesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Amasya Lisesi; İzmir Lisesi
Amasya Lisesi
muallim (İnfisal)
Calculated age 27
İzmir Lisesi
muallim (Türkçe, ilm-i eşya, coğrafya) ve ikinci muavin
Calculated age 27
4 1902/03 (AH 1320)
İzmir Lisesi / İzmir Lisesi Ticaret ve Sanayi Şubesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: İzmir Lisesi; İzmir Lisesi Ticaret ve Sanayi Şubesi
İzmir Lisesi
muallim (zirâat bilgisi, sıhhiye, coğrafya) ve ikinci muavin
320 kuruşCalculated age 28
İzmir Lisesi Ticaret ve Sanayi Şubesi
ticaret ve sanat muallimi
80 kuruşCalculated age 28
5 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Izmir (İzmir) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 29
Place not recorded
lise müdürü ve muallim
Calculated age 29
6 1912/13 (AH 1331)
… Sancağı (adı okunamıyor)
Not yet located on the map: … Sancağı (adı okunamıyor)
sancak mutasarrıfı
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
7 1913/14 (AH 1332)
… Sancağı (adı okunamıyor) / Tekirdağ
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: … Sancağı (adı okunamıyor)
… Sancağı (adı okunamıyor)
sancak mutasarrıfı
4,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
Continuing service as described
sancak mutasarrıfı
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 40
3 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.
- örf ve sağlık muallimi · Amasya Lisesi · Undated · 170 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- fen ve sağlık muallimi · Amasya Lisesi · Undated · 90 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- lise müdürü ve muallim · … Lisesi (adı okunamıyor) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 765 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 77.3% | 1761 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.4% | 1627 |
| 1912/13 (AH 1331) | 4,000 | 1,200 | 300 to 4,000 | 87.3% | 151 |
| 1913/14 (AH 1332) | 5,000 | 1,250 | 300 to 3,000 | 94.0% | 51 |
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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- … Sancağı (adı okunamıyor)4,000
- İzmir Lisesi320
- Amasya Lisesi765
- İzmir Lisesi Ticaret ve Sanayi Şubesi80
- Tekirdağ4,000 to 5,000
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
- Tokat122 other officialsAhmed Nafiz Efendi born 1875/76 (AH 1292); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Izmir (İzmir)7 other officialsİsmail Vasıf Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)119 other officialsAhmed Şevket Efendi first annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 269, 270, 271
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 189, s. 201
Read the original source accounts · 14 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.