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MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ

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 MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ began in Antalya in 1887/88 (AH 1305). At about 16, in 1904/05, MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ began work in Antalya. The first annual entry, for 1904/05, places MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ in Antalya, the birthplace, as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1909/10. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Aydın as Meclis-i idare başkâtip vekili.

Pay rose from 42 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to a peak of 600 in 1909/10, in Antalya, when half the paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 11,736 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0912AntalyaAydın
  1. Antalya

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305); First work 1904/05 (AH 1322); 1904 to 1910 (AH 1322 to 1327)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    22 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Aydın

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Meclis-i idare başkâtip vekili

    68 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
02004006001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 CELAL EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/06424302602%
1906/071124502856%
1907/081124602507%
1908/091124002505%
1909/1060060042549%

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 CELAL EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workAntalya
1904 to 1910AH 1322 to 1327Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
12 entries
YearSalary
1904/05
1905/06
1905/0622
1905/0642
1906/0742
1906/07112
1907/08112
1908/09112
1908/09100
1909/10100
1909/10200
1909/10600
Antalya600
1908/09AH 1326Meclis-i idare başkâtip vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/0968
1908/09
Aydın68

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Place
Antalya

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 38 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, 37 have a recorded salary; MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ had the 10th highest salary of them.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ had the 67th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ had the 20th highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED CELAL EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat kalemi ikinci mübeyyiziAntalya22Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat kalemi ikinci mübeyyiziAntalya42Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat kalemi ikinci mübeyyiziAntalya42Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1908/09AH 1326Liva meclis-i idaresi ikinci kâtibiAntalya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1908/09AH 1326Meclis-i idare başkâtip vekiliAydın68Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1908/09AH 1326Meclis-i idare başkâtip vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)AydınAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1909/10AH 1327Liva meclis-i idaresi ikinci kâtibiAntalya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat kalemi ikinci müsevvidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat kalemi ikinci müsevvidiAntalya600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records186 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00174 – 00178/353
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 CELAL EFENDĠ 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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