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Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey

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 Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey began in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282); the father's occupation was "Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi Ahkâm-ı Adliye mümeyyizi". Mahmud Kemaleddin began work in Istanbul in 1887/88, at about 22, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1887/88, places Mahmud Kemaleddin in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Emniyet Sandığı kâtibi, where the entries run to 1895/96. The last entry, for 1897/98, names Mahmud Kemaleddin as Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Tahrirat Kalemi hulefası (Nakil), with no place. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1895/96.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 600 in 1891/92, in Istanbul, when 65 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282); First work 1887/88 (AH 1305); 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313)

    Emniyet Sandığı kâtibi 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    200 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  2. Place not recorded

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    No annual entry for 1896/97 (AH 1314) before it.

    Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Tahrirat Kalemi hulefası (Nakil)

    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
no entry02004006001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315600 kuruşEmniyet Sandığı kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This 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 Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8820040055014%
1888/8920040052515%
1889/9020040050015%
1890/9120040050015%
1891/92600400537.565%
1892/9360040050065%
1893/9460040051065%
1894/9560040053065%

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 Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)200first-salary field
1887 to 1896AH 1305 to 1313Emniyet Sandığı kâtibi
11 entries
YearSalary
1887/88200
1888/89200
1889/90200
1890/91200
1891/92200
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
1894/95
1895/96
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200
1895/96AH 1313Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Tahrirat Kalemi hulefası (Nakil)
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1897/98

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Father's occupation
Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi Ahkâm-ı Adliye mümeyyizi

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 407 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 379 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey had the 243rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey had the 310th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey had the 49th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1888/89AH 1306Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1889/90AH 1307Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1890/91AH 1308Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1891/92AH 1309Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1891/92AH 1309Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1892/93AH 1310Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1893/94AH 1311Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1894/95AH 1312Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1894/95AH 1312Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1895/96AH 1313Emniyet Sandığı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1895/96AH 1313InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Tahrirat Kalemi hulefası (Nakil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
1897/98AH 1315Rüsumat Emaneti muayene kâtibiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.797
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 Mahmud Kemaleddin Bey 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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