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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

Born in Antakya in 1877/78 (AH 1294), Mehmed Zeki Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Mehmed Zeki began work in Antakya in 1892/93, at about 16. The first annual entry, for 1892/93, places Mehmed Zeki in Antakya, the birthplace, as Vergi Tahrir Kalemi stajyeri. The lists have no entry for 1893 to 1898. The last post was in Edirne in 1898/99.

The one salary in the lists is 100 kuruş a month, for 1898/99, when 4 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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.

All 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1898/9912AntakyaEdirne

  1. Antakya

    Born 1877/78 (AH 1294); First work 1892/93 (AH 1310); 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Vergi Tahrir Kalemi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  2. Edirne

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315) before it.

    Vergi Kitabeti refakati

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316100 kuruşVergi Kitabeti refakati

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mehmed Zeki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workAntakya
1892/93AH 1310Vergi Tahrir Kalemi stajyeriAntakya
No annual entry: 1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)
1898/99AH 1316Vergi Kitabeti refakatiEdirne100

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Antakya
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Place
Antakya

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 place, same years

Of the 10 officials with entries in Antakya in the same years, Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 71 officials with entries in Antakya

Same birthplace

Of the 78 officials born in Antakya, 76 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Antakya, with the 78 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Zeki Efendi had the 141st highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Zeki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Vergi Tahrir Kalemi stajyeriAntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Vergi Kitabeti refakatiEdirne100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD.,No:95,s.381
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 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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