Official
Mehmet Cemal Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Yozgat in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1898 to 1906, 8 annual entries.
Archive reference 107_142; 281
Life#
Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1873/74 (AH 1290), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Work began in 1893/94, at about 20, paid from the start, on 380 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with Mehmet Cemal as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru) in Sivas. Next came Tokat in 1899/1900, then Deliklitas from 1900 to 1905. In 1905/06 the lists place Mehmet Cemal in Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar).
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 380 kuruş a month in 1898/99, as Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.
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.
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 28% |
| 1899/1900 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1900/01 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 27% |
| 1901/02 | 380 | 500 | 400 | 29% |
| 1902/03 | 380 | 500 | 380 | 31% |
| 1903/04 | 380 | 475 | 350 | 34% |
| 1904/05 | 380 | 450 | 350 | 35% |
| 1905/06 | 380 | 475 | 330 | 35% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | 380first-salary field | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Tokat | 380 |
| 1900 to 1905AH 1318 to 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar) | 380 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Yozgat
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 0 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
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 380
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 23 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 21st highest salary.
- Hafız Hilmi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,700 kuruş
- Hacı Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Sabri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Hafız Ahmet Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 950 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,576 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 1,075th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey8 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey8 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Mehmet Hurşit Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 2,060th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Rüştü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Abdülbaki Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Abdülkerim Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 675 kuruş
- Abdullah Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 720 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 35 officials born in Yozgat, Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 30th highest salary.
- Abbas Rüştü Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Faik Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Mehmet Alim Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Behçet Lami Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Rasim Efendiborn 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 93 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 92 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 450 kuruş
- İskender Efendifirst entry in Pasinler (Hasankale); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Mehmet Fuat Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmet Ruhi Efendifirst entry in İzmit; highest salary 350 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (8)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Muhabere Memuru | Sivas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Muhabere Memuru | Tokat | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Deliklitas | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 107_142; 281 |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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 (12)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Cemal Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1290 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | yozgat | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | ankara | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1311 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1893 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 380 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 8 annual entries of 8 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Mehmet Cemal Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Deliklitas
- Yozgat
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)