Official
Mehmet Cemal Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Van in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1895 to 1907, 12 annual entries.
Archive reference 118-147-289
Life#
Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Van in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Polis.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.
First work is recorded in Van in 1890/91 (AH 1308): Telgraf. The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows no title in Ağrı (Karakilise) (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Drama, with 285 kuruş a month (before: no title in Ağrı). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 285 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Drama). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 400 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan). In 1903/04 the record shows Posta Memuru in Mosul, with 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mosul). In 1904/05 the record shows Posta Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 550 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Mosul). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Malazgirt, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Erzincan). The title field holds the status word Aciga Cikarildi for 1905/06.
The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.77 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Van
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Polis
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 5 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)
- Place
- Van
- First job as worded
- Telgraf
- Age at first work (workbook field)
- 14
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 400
- First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
- 400
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- Zimmet / Musun Merkezinden 675 kuruş zimmetinden dolayı 14 Recep 1322 (11 Eylül 1320) idareten açığa çıkarılmış; işret /işrete düşkünlüğü cihetiyle mütenebbih olmak üzere 27 Cemaziyelevvel 1317’de (9 Eylül 1316) idareten azledilip açıkta kaldığı bir müddet sonra cezası yeterli bulunmuş; Zimmet; İşret
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1317; 1323
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Telgraffirst work | Van | 400first-salary field |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 400 |
| 1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315 | Ağrı (Karakilise) | ||
| 1898 to 1901AH 1316 to 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 285 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzincan | 400 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 550 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 550 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Erzincan | 400 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Aciga Cikarildia note on status, not a job | Erzincan | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Posta Memuru | Malazgirt | 540 |
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 30% |
| 1898/99 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 18% |
| 1899/1900 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1900/01 | 285 | 500 | 400 | 17% |
| 1901/02 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 32% |
| 1902/03 | 550 | 500 | 380 | 65% |
| 1903/04 | 550 | 475 | 400 | 65% |
| 1904/05 | 400 | 450 | 400 | 38% |
| 1906/07 | 540 | 450 | 320 | 61% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Abdullah EfendiErzincan, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Hilmi EfendiErzincan, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Fahri EfendiDrama, 3 shared years
- Mehmet Tahir EfendiErzincan, 2 shared years
- Mehmet Zeki EfendiMosul (Musul), 2 shared years
44 officials in all. Officials recorded in Drama
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz Fikri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- İbrahim EfendiVan, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Mehmet Hayri EfendiVan, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- MEHMET MÜŞTAK EFENDİVan, born 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Mustafa EfendiVan, born 1878 (AH 1295)
- Ahmet Muhtar EfendiVan, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
34 officials in all. Officials born in Van
Full record
Annual entries (12)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzurum | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Ağrı (Karakilise) | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 118-147-289 | ||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ağrı (Karakilise) | Other | Cross-ministry personnel workbook | 118-147-289 | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Drama | 285 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Erzincan | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Posta Memuru | Mosul (Musul) | 550 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Posta Memuru | Erzincan | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Aciga Cikarildi | Erzincan | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Posta Memuru | Malazgirt | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-147-289 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (28)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Cemal Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace | van | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: district (kaza) | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: sancak | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Birthplace: province (vilayet) | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Province of birth | van | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | polis | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 5 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1308 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Linked personnel workbook |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1891 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Van | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: district (kaza) | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: sancak | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First work: province (vilayet) | Van | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First job as worded | Telgraf | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Age at first work (workbook field) | 14 | Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 400 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month) | 400 | Linked personnel workbook; Cross-ministry personnel workbook |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet / Musun Merkezinden 675 kuruş zimmetinden dolayı 14 Recep 1322 (11 Eylül 1320) idareten açığa çıkarılmış used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | işret /işrete düşkünlüğü cihetiyle mütenebbih olmak üzere 27 Cemaziyelevvel 1317’de (9 Eylül 1316) idareten azledilip açıkta kaldığı bir müddet sonra cezası yeterli bulunmuş other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | Zimmet other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İşret other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1317; 1323 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Cross-ministry personnel workbook
- A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Linked personnel workbook
- The original personnel workbook, from which selected fields on background and first work are taken.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 12 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.