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Mehmed Kamil 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

Mehmed Kamil Efendi was born in Bursa in 1872/73 (AH 1289) into the İslam community. Work began in 1889/90, at about 17. The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Mehmed Kamil as nükud-ı mevkufe kalemi (mülazemet) and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1890 to 1899. Next came Bigadiç in 1904/05. The last entries, from 1905 to 1909, name neither a title nor a place. The lists give Infisal for 1899 to 1901 instead of a title.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 500 in 1904/05, the peak, in Bigadiç, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 450 kuruş. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1904/0514BursaBigadiç

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Gölpazarı), stop 5 (Seyidgazi), stop 6 (Geyikler).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1889 to 1901 (AH 1307 to 1318)

    nükud-ı mevkufe kalemi (mülazemet) 1889/90 (AH 1307); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)

    entries in 3 years

  3. Hüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Gölpazarı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900 to 1903 (AH 1318 to 1320)

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1899 (AH 1308 to 1316) before it.

    Gölpazarı nahiyesi müdir vekaleti

    250 to 480 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Bigadiç

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1903/04 (AH 1321) before it.

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Seyidgazi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    450 to 480 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Geyikler as worded, no place record not on the map

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    No annual entry for 1907/08 (AH 1325) before it.

    Geyikler nahiyesi müdiriyeti

    400 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 entryno entryno entry02004006001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmed Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0140040045%
1901/0248040053%
1904/0550040035055%
1905/0645043050%
1906/0748045051%
1908/0940040042%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

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 Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work
1889/90AH 1307nükud-ı mevkufe kalemi (mülazemet)
No annual entry: 1890 to 1899 (AH 1308 to 1316)
1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318Infisala note on status, not a job
2 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1900/01
1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320Gölpazarı nahiyesi müdir vekaleti
4 entries
YearSalary
1900/01250
1900/01400
1901/02480
1902/03
250
No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Bigadiç500
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06450
1906/07480
450 to 480
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Geyikler nahiyesi müdiriyeti
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09
1908/09400
400

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 2 officials with entries in Bigadiç in the same years, Mehmed Kamil Efendi had the highest salary.

All 22 officials with entries in Bigadiç

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Kamil Efendi had the 148th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Kamil Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307nükud-ı mevkufe kalemi (mülazemet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1899/1900AH 1317InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1900/01AH 1318Gölpazarı nahiyesi müdir vekaletiHüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde Gölpazarı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1900/01AH 1318InfisalHüdâvendigâr vilâyetinde GölpazarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1900/01AH 1318vilâyet-i mezkûrede400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1901/02AH 1319Seyidgazi480Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1902/03AH 1320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1904/05AH 1322Bigadiç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1905/06AH 1323450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1906/07AH 1324Seyidgazi nahiyesi müdiriyetiSeyidgazi480Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1908/09AH 1326Geyikler nahiyesi müdiriyetiGeyiklerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
1908/09AH 1326Armudlu nahiyesi müdiriyetiArmudlu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/231; 459
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 Kamil 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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