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Mustafa Zeki Efendi

Born 1844/45 (AH 1260) · Harput · Dated entries 1863 to 1899 (AH 1280 to 1316)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD 94-137

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 12 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.

1HarputDiyarbakırErzurumTortum
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 12 · 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.

7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1844/45 (AH 1260)

    Harput

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 20

    2. Beşinci Ordu Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

  3. 3

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Diyarbakır / Diyarbakır Vilayeti

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Diyarbakır Vilayeti

      All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1871/72 (AH 1288)

      Diyarbakır / Place not recorded / Diyarbakır Vilayeti

      Within-year entry order unresolved

      Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Diyarbakır Vilayeti

        All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

      1. 5

        1872/73 (AH 1289)

        Place not recorded / Diyarbakır Vilayeti

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Diyarbakır Vilayeti

          All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years

          Keban Madeni

          AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.

          Within-year entry order unresolved

          Not yet located on the map: Keban Madeni

            All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

          1. 7

            1878/79 (AH 1296)

            Erzurum

            Within-year entry order unresolved

              All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1879/80 (AH 1297)

              Mamuratülaziz / Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Mamuratülaziz; Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

                All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1880/81 (AH 1298) · 11 recorded years

                Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

                AH entries: 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308. Gaps remain open.

                Within-year entry order unresolved

                Not yet located on the map: Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

                  All 12 recorded entries in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1891/92 (AH 1309)

                  Mamuratülaziz / Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                  Not yet located on the map: Mamuratülaziz; Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi

                    All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3 recorded years

                    Tercan

                    AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

                    Not yet located on the map: Tercan

                      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1898/99 (AH 1316)

                      Tercan / Tortum

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                      Not yet located on the map: Tercan

                      1. Tercan

                        Tahrir-i vergi kâtibi

                        500 kuruşCalculated age 56

                        Continuing service as described

                      2. Tercan

                        Tahrir vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)

                        Calculated age 56

                      All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

                    8 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.

                    Read all 8 undated entries and their source evidence →

                    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

                    Current collection salary comparison

                    Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

                    Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
                    Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

                    Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

                    Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

                    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
                    Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
                    AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
                    1870/71 (AH 1287)300400150 to 2,00030.7%649
                    1871/72 (AH 1288)500420.5125 to 2,37554.4%712
                    1872/73 (AH 1289)500450140 to 2,35054.7%736
                    1876/77 (AH 1293)285420150 to 2,00028.9%1102
                    1877/78 (AH 1294)285450150 to 1,80028.6%1160
                    1879/80 (AH 1297)300400180 to 1,80027.1%1534
                    1880/81 (AH 1298)400400160 to 1,50047.0%1448
                    1881/82 (AH 1299)400400150 to 1,50046.6%1489
                    1882/83 (AH 1300)400400150 to 1,40046.9%1655
                    1883/84 (AH 1301)400400150 to 1,40046.1%1720
                    1884/85 (AH 1302)400400150 to 1,50045.1%1748
                    1885/86 (AH 1303)400400150 to 1,50044.7%1787
                    1886/87 (AH 1304)400400150 to 1,50045.8%1725
                    1887/88 (AH 1305)400400150 to 1,50043.8%1762
                    1888/89 (AH 1306)400400135 to 1,50045.6%1797
                    1889/90 (AH 1307)400400130 to 1,50046.2%1874
                    1890/91 (AH 1308)400400125 to 1,50045.4%1896
                    1895/96 (AH 1313)500400140 to 1,50055.1%1981
                    1896/97 (AH 1314)500450150 to 1,57552.8%2119
                    1897/98 (AH 1315)500400140 to 1,42556.9%1891
                    1898/99 (AH 1316)500400144 to 1,40055.8%1844

                    Career patterns and pay

                    Recorded pay over the career

                    Kuruş · dated amounts

                    Select 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 entries
                    1. Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi12
                      1879 to 1891 (AH 1297 to 1308)
                    2. Tercan4
                      1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)
                    3. Diyarbakır Vilayeti3
                      1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)
                    4. 1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
                    5. Keban Madeni2
                      1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)
                    6. Mamuratülaziz1
                      1879/80 (AH 1297)

                    The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

                    Amounts recorded by place

                    Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
                    1. Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi300 to 400
                    2. Tercan500
                    3. Diyarbakır Vilayeti300 to 500
                    4. Keban Madeni285
                    5. Mamuratülaziz300

                    Six places with the most recorded career years. 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 title
                    1. 1879 to 1891 (AH 1297 to 1308)
                    2. 1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)
                    3. 1871 to 1873 (AH 1288 to 1289)
                    4. 1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
                    5. 1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)
                    6. 1863/64 (AH 1280)

                    The 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

                    All related groups and salary ranks

                    Education and personal record

                    Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Harput Kurşunlu Camii Medresesi; özel muallim [source]

                    Language skills and historical terms

                    Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

                    Honours and other personal details

                    Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
                    1 (recorded code) [source]
                    All personal fields and their sources

                    Sources and evidence

                    1. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

                      ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 122, 123, 124

                      BOA. DH. SAİD 94-137

                    2. Sicill-i ahvâl defterlerine göre Harputlu devlet adamları

                      ENES MUTLUAY · 2018 · Pages 310, 311, 312

                      BOA. DH. SAİD 94-137

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                    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 · 24 dated AH years

                    Annual salary study and register readings

                    The separate annual salary reference account has 40 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

                    Open the salary study and register readings →

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