Mehmet Zekai Efendi
Born 1871/72 (AH 1288) · Bilecik · Dated entries 1891 to 1910 (AH 1309 to 1327)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA.DH.SAİD., No:91, s.199
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmet Zekai Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Rüştiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Ertugrul. Dated career entries span 1891/92 (AH 1309) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 15 AH years, beginning with Askerî başçavuş and ending with entries for Nahiye mal kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Osmaneli (Lefke), Ezine and Bozüyük. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1896/97 (AH 1314) to 200 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316); the highest recorded monthly rate is 200 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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 5 · Bilecik
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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1871/72 (AH 1288)
Bilecik
Birth
2 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Askerî başçavuş
Calculated age 21
3 1896/97 (AH 1314) · 2 recorded years
Osmaneli (Lefke)
AH entries: 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Ezine / Bozüyük
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 11 recorded years
Bozüyük
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Nahiye mal kâtibi
Calculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Nahiye mal kâtibi (Azil)
Calculated age 39
7 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.
- Muhasebe kalemi görevlisi · Ertugrul · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Askerî başçavuş (İnfisal) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Mazuliyet · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 150 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 9.0% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 10.3% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 200 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 14.6% | 1844 |
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 rateRanges 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
- Bilecik50 other officialsMehmet Emin Efendi born 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Bozüyük2 other officialsYerkesiklioğlu Halil İbrahim Efendi 12 shared years; no salary recorded
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)169 other officialsAhmed Efendi first annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan Bilecikli devlet adamları
MEHMET GEYİK · 2022 · Pages 62
BOA.DH.SAİD., No:91, s.199; 87 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:91, s.199.
Read the original source accounts · 25 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 · 15 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.