Mustafa Zekai Efendi
Born 1854/55 (AH 1271) · Harput · Dated entries 1871 to 1913 (AH 1288 to 1331)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 26-226
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mustafa Zekai Efendi was born in Harput in 1854/55 (AH 1271), within the İslam community. Schooling included İstanbul sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri; Beyazıt Camii; Mekteb-i Hukuk (devam ediyor). The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Dated career entries span 1871/72 (AH 1288) to 1911/12 (AH 1330) across 22 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Tripoli (Trablusşam), beginning with Adliye Mezabıt Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Trablusşam mutasarrıfı. More than one post or place appears in 5 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Tripoli (Trablusşam). [1]
Monthly pay went from 20 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 5,000 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330); the highest recorded monthly rate is 5,000 kuruş in 1911/12 (AH 1330). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 6 · Harput
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 1854/55 (AH 1271)
Harput
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
Adliye Mezabıt Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1872/73 (AH 1289) · 14 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
5 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 5 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 Trablusşam mutasarrıfı
5,000 kuruşCalculated age 59
Trablusşam mutasarrıfı (Azil)
Calculated age 60
12 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.
- Sicill-i Nüfus İdaresi görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated · 1,400 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Sicill-i Nüfus İdaresi vilayet kitâbeti görevlisi · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Nüfus muamelatı teftiş memuru · Aydın · Undated · 1,800 kuruş 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 20 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 1.1% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 20 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 1.4% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 295 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 30.1% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 305 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 35.2% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 305 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 37.3% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 400 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 43.0% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 480 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 54.1% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 650 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 68.7% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 580 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 65.3% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 470 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 58.3% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 470 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.7% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 470 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 58.2% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 470 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 59.0% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 80.7% | 1748 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 89.3% | 1725 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 2,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 92.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,800 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 91.4% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,800 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 92.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,850 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 93.7% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,990 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 93.9% | 1821 |
| 1911/12 (AH 1330) | 5,000 | 1,000 | 300 to 3,000 | 94.0% | 233 |
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- Istanbul (Dersaadet)20 to 2,000
- Tripoli (Trablusşam)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
- Harput168 other officialsBedros Sezai Efendi born 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Istanbul686 other officialsHacı Ömer Efendi 21 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1871/72 (AH 1288)115 other officialsEmin Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları
ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 315, 316, 317, 318, 319
BOA. DH. SAİD 26-226
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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