Mehmet ġamil 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
The life of Mehmet ġamil Efendi began in Kars in 1859/60 (AH 1276). Work began in 1883/84, at about 24. The first annual entry, for 1883/84, places Mehmet ġamil in Erzurum as Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1890/91. Alongside, the lists for 1890/91 give a second post, in Tortum as Tahrirat Kâtibi.
Pay rose from 20 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 144 in 1890/91, in Tortum, when one in ten paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 4,596 kuruş, 13 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.
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.
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84 | 20 | 400 | 331 | 0% | |
| 1885/86 | 30 | 400 | 312.5 | 0% | |
| 1886/87 | 30 | 400 | 300 | 0% | |
| 1887/88 | 53 | 400 | 346 | 2% | |
| 1888/89 | 53 | 400 | 400 | 3% | |
| 1889/90 | 53 | 400 | 500 | 2% | |
| 1890/91 | 144 | 400 | 360 | 10% |
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.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Kars
First work
- Year
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
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 36 officials with entries in Erzurum in the same years, 33 have a recorded salary; Mehmet ġamil Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.
- Hamamcıyan Agob Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Aziz Azmi Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Süleyman Şadi Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Tahir Avni Bey6 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Yusuf Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet ġamil Efendi had the 107th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Dursun Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 144 kuruş
- Arslan Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Derviş Nihat Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Behçet Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 640 kuruş
- Muhittin Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 800 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmet ġamil Efendi had the 188th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Nazif Beyfirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Halil Sabri Efendifirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmet Vefik Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); no salary recorded
- Hacı Ethem Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Hacı Mehmed Şükrü Beyfirst entry in Edirne; highest salary 600 kuruş
All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı | Erzurum | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi) | Erzurum | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 20 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 53 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 53 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 53 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Mektubi Kalemi kâtibi | Erzurum | 53 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 99 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 103/247. |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Tahrirat Kâtibi | Tortum | 144 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 103/247 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
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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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)