Mustafa Celal Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Dated entries 1869 to 1905 (AH 1286 to 1322)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 76/383

The career, year by year

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The life

Mustafa Celal Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). The father’s occupation was Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi; Sivas Rüşdiyesi; özel ders. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Dated career entries span 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 33 AH years, beginning with Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini. More than one post or place appears in 13 of those years. Place names include Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), Istanbul (Dersaadet), Van and Kastamonu and 5 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 2,500 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,750 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Year not recorded^[source]
Father’s occupation: Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi^[source]
Education: Sıbyan Mektebi; Sivas Rüşdiyesi; özel ders^[source]
First work: 1869/70 (AH 1286) · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)^[source]
First salary: 150 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

33
Dated AH years: 10
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 19
Salary years: 150 → 2,500
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,750
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 95.8%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1869/70 (AH 1286) to 1904/05 (AH 1322); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1904/05 (AH 1322).

Life and career

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Follow 17 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 17 · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

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Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

1
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini
  150 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2
1870/71 (AH 1287) · 2 recorded years
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
AH entries: 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini
  150 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini
  142 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
3
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
  Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini
  142 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  istifa (İnfisal)
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1875/76 (AH 1292) · 7 recorded years
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Tahrirat Kalemi üçüncü muavini
  230 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Aşar başkâtibi
  600 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 12 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) / Place not recorded / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
  Aşar başkâtibi
  600 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Maarif Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidi
  1,000 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Van
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  Maarif Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidi
  1,000 kuruş
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Van
  Maarif müdürü
  2,500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years
Van
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
1. Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Van / Kastamonu
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Van
  Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kastamonu
  Maarif müdürü
  2,000 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1887/88 (AH 1305) · 7 recorded years
Kastamonu
AH entries: 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 8 recorded entries in this stage →
10
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Kastamonu / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Kastamonu
  Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Aleppo (Halep)
  Maarif müdürü
  2,500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
11
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Aleppo (Halep)
1. Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Aleppo (Halep) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Aleppo (Halep)
  Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  izinli (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
13
1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Ioannina (Yanya)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Maarif müdürü
  2,250 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. İdadi muallimi
  250 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
14
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Ioannina (Yanya) / Shkodër (İşkodra)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Ioannina (Yanya)
  Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Shkodër (İşkodra)
  İşkodra umur-ı maarif memuru
  2,750 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Ioannina (Yanya) / Edirne
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Ioannina (Yanya)
  Maarif müdürü
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Edirne
  Edirne'de göreve başlama
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
16
1902/03 (AH 1320) · 2 recorded years
Edirne
AH entries: 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
1. Edirne'de göreve başlama
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Edirne'de göreve başlama
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
17
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Edirne / Ankara
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Edirne
  Edirne'de göreve başlama
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ankara
  Maarif müdürü
  2,500 kuruş
  Entry & evidence →[1]

4 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Maarif müdürü · Diyarbakır · Undated · 2,500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Maarif müdürü · Ioannina (Yanya) · Undated · 2,500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
İdadi edebiyat ve ahlak muallimi · Ioannina (Yanya) · Undated · 300 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Birth · Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) · Year not recorded

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1869/70 (AH 1286)	150	400	150 to 2,250	9.4%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	150	400	150 to 2,000	9.3%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	150	420.5	125 to 2,375	11.0%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	142	450	140 to 2,350	10.6%	736
1875/76 (AH 1292)	230	450	150 to 2,000	19.2%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	380	420	150 to 2,000	41.7%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	380	450	150 to 1,800	40.9%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	380	450	150 to 2,000	40.8%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	500	400	150 to 2,000	55.9%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	600	400	180 to 1,800	65.7%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	600	400	160 to 1,500	68.2%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	1,000	400	150 to 1,500	81.5%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	2,500	400	150 to 1,400	95.0%	1655
1886/87 (AH 1304)	2,000	400	150 to 1,500	92.9%	1725
1894/95 (AH 1312)	2,500	400	140 to 1,500	95.3%	2004
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	2,250	400	140 to 1,440	94.8%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	2,750	400	140 to 1,500	96.6%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	2,500	400	150 to 1,520	95.6%	1666
1904/05 (AH 1322)	2,500	400	135 to 1,500	95.8%	1493

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)12
1869 to 1882 (AH 1286 to 1299)
Kastamonu9
1886 to 1895 (AH 1304 to 1312)
Van5
1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)
Edirne4
1901 to 1905 (AH 1319 to 1322)
Aleppo (Halep)3
1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)
Ioannina (Yanya)3
1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)140 to 600
Kastamonu2,000
Van2,500
Edirne2,500
Aleppo (Halep)2,500
Ioannina (Yanya)250 to 2,250

Six places with the most recorded career years. Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Maarif müdürü19
1882 to 1905 (AH 1300 to 1322)
Edirne'de göreve başlama4
1901 to 1905 (AH 1319 to 1322)
Meclis-i İdare başkâtip muavini4
1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)
Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci muavini4
1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
Aşar başkâtibi3
1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
Maarif Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi müsevvidi2
1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)66 other officialsKarabet Fehmi Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 500 kuruş
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)19 other officialsMehmed Kemal Efendi 11 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
1869/70 (AH 1286)133 other officialsMehmed Kemal Efendi first entry in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); highest salary 1,350 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Sivas Rüşdiyesi; özel ders^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Giresunlu devlet adamları (1879-1909)
AHMET YADİ · 2014 · Pages 124, 125, 126
BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 76/383; 377 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 76/383.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 76/383

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