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Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1836/37 (AH 1252). The first salary was 800 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmed Zeki as Merkez aşar ambar memuru (İnfisal) and no place named.

The one salary in the lists is 500 kuruş a month, for 1894/95, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1894/95.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1836/37 (AH 1252)

  2. Yemen Vilayeti merkezi as worded, no place record

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Merkez aşar ambar memuru (İnfisal)

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First work800first-salary field
1894/95AH 1312Merkez aşar ambar memuru (İnfisal)
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1894/95500
500

Record

Personal

Born
1836/37 (AH 1252)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

  • Mehmed Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Ali Beyfirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 350 kuruş
  • Seyyid Musa Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • İbrahim Edhem Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); no salary recorded
  • Mehmed Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 150 kuruş

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Merkez aşar ambar memuru (İnfisal)Yemen Vilayeti merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records325 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 159/475, s.475.
1894/95AH 1312Benî Hâris ve Haşiş nahiyesi müdürüBenî Hâris ve Haşiş500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records325 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 159/475, s.475.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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