Mehmed Kâmil Bey
Born Year not recorded · Curuksu · Dated entries 1898 to 1905 (AH 1316 to 1322)
Languages English, French, Turkish
Archival reference BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 16, Gömlek No. 11, 6-2-4
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Varna
- Tebriz
7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmed Kâmil Bey was born in Curuksu. The father’s occupation was Dördüncü Ordu, 26. Alay kaymakamı. Schooling included Erzincan sıbyan mektebi; askerî rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Sultanî. The language repertoire included English, French and Turkish. [source]
The earliest service point in the record is dated 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 7 AH years, from Varna to Tebriz and ending with entries for Tebriz şehbender vekili. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Varna and Tebriz. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 900 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 900 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Place not recorded / Varna
How to read this map
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place not recorded / Varna
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Place not recorded
First work as recorded
Place not recorded
Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı
Place not recorded
Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)
Recorded service ending
Varna tüccar vekâleti Fransızca kâtibi
400 kuruş
2 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Varna
Varna tüccar vekâleti Fransızca kâtibi
400 kuruş
Continuing service as described
3 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Varna / Tebriz
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tebriz
Varna tüccar vekâleti Fransızca kâtibi
400 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Tebriz
Tebriz şehbender vekili
900 kuruş
4 1901/02 (AH 1319) · 3 recorded years
Tebriz
AH entries: 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Tebriz
Tebriz şehbender vekili
900 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Tebriz şehbender vekili
900 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Tebriz şehbender vekili
900 kuruş
Continuing service as described
5 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Tebriz / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Tebriz; Location not recorded
Tebriz
Tebriz şehbender vekili
900 kuruş
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Azil
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Birth · Curuksu · 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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 400 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 44.3% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 44.1% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 900 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 81.0% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 78.6% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 900 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 900 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 79.2% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 900 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 79.4% | 1493 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Tebriz900
- Varna400
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 titleThe 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
- Varna1 other officialSırrı Bey 1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsHacı Râşit Efendi first annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 350 kuruş
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Mekteb-i Sultanî tasdiknamesi [1]
Schooling Erzincan sıbyan mektebi; askerî rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- English
- tahrir ve kıraat [source]
- French
- tahrir ve kıraat [source]
- Turkish
- tahrir ve kıraat [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Mekteb-i Sultanî tasdiknamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education detail
- Mekteb-i Sultanî: Türkçe altıncı, Fransızca beşinci sınıfa kadar [source]
- Education
- Erzincan sıbyan mektebi; askerî rüşdiye; Mekteb-i Sultanî [source]
First work and apprenticeship
Other recorded details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Sources and evidence
- II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)
BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 185, 186, 187
BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 16, Gömlek No. 11, 6-2-4.
Read the original source accounts · 11 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.