Mustafa Cemil Efendi

Born 1833/34 (AH 1249) · Bursa · Dated entries 1843 to 1886 (AH 1259 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference 5/313; 623

The career, year by year

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The life

Mustafa Cemil Efendi was born in Bursa in 1833/34 (AH 1249), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Selanik Yıldırım Bayezid Han camii şerifi ve mehâfil-i sâire. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Bursa in 1843/44 (AH 1259). Dated career entries span 1843/44 (AH 1259) to 1879/80 (AH 1297) across 32 AH years, beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi and ending with entries for muhâsebat-ı atika tahrîrat odası mukabeleciliği. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Bursa.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1843/44 (AH 1259) to 674 kuruş in 1885/86 (AH 1303); the highest recorded monthly rate is 2,750 kuruş in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The latest career entry concerns retirement in 1885/86 (AH 1303), with a recorded amount of 674 kuruş.^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Bursa · 1833/34 (AH 1249)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Selanik Yıldırım Bayezid Han camii şerifi ve mehâfil-i sâire^[source]
First work: 1843/44 (AH 1259) · Bursa^[source]
Age at first work: 10^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 50 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

33
Dated AH years: 2
Career place names: 4
Entries without a resolved year: 32
Salary years: 50 → 674
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 2,750
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 73.2%
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. 1843/44 (AH 1259) to 1885/86 (AH 1303); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1885/86 (AH 1303).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 7 · Bursa

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

5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1833/34 (AH 1249)
Bursa
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Bursa
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 10
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Tahrirat Kalemi
  50 kuruşCalculated age 10
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1846/47 (AH 1263) · 8 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. kalem mezbure
  250 kuruşCalculated age 14
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. meclis-i mezkur mukayyidliği
  900 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 8 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1856/57 (AH 1273) · 4 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. kâtib-i selâse
  2,000 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mektubi Kalemi
  1,050 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1861/62 (AH 1278) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1278, 1279. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. tahsîlât ... komisyonu kitâbeti (ilâveten)
  1,050 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. ıslahat umûr-u maliye komisyonu kitâbeti (ilâveten)
  Calculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1864/65 (AH 1281) · 17 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. mektubi maliye kaleminin Rumeli mukabeleciliği
  1,750 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. muhâsebat-ı atika tahrîrat odası mukabeleciliği
  840 kuruşCalculated age 48
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 24 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tekaud
  674 kuruş · retirement amountCalculated age 54
  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.

kitâbet hizmeti · Şam-ı şerif · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
mektubi maliye kaleminin Rumeli mukabeleciliği · Undated · 1,500 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
muhâsebat-ı atika tahrîrat odası mukabeleciliği · Undated · 1,000 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
muhâsebat-ı atika tahrîrat odası mukabeleciliği · Undated · 1,100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]

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

Current collection salary comparison

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Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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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

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
1843/44 (AH 1259)	50	725	0 to 10,000	11.8%	18
1846/47 (AH 1263)	250	300	30 to 10,000	42.9%	22
1847/48 (AH 1264)	250	400	100 to 10,000	37.5%	33
1848/49 (AH 1265)	250	300	50 to 3,500	37.5%	33
1849/50 (AH 1266)	250	350	50 to 10,000	38.7%	32
1850/51 (AH 1267)	800	400	100 to 10,000	67.7%	35
1851/52 (AH 1268)	800	500	50 to 3,000	65.0%	41
1852/53 (AH 1269)	800	400	100 to 5,000	70.2%	48
1853/54 (AH 1270)	900	400	100 to 3,000	79.4%	64
1856/57 (AH 1273)	2,000	400	100 to 5,000	80.0%	76
1857/58 (AH 1274)	2,750	400	100 to 3,000	87.4%	96
1858/59 (AH 1275)	2,750	500	150 to 5,000	85.6%	105
1859/60 (AH 1276)	1,050	500	150 to 3,350	76.4%	111
1861/62 (AH 1278)	1,050	500	150 to 3,000	73.1%	161
1864/65 (AH 1281)	1,750	400	125 to 3,000	82.9%	253
1865/66 (AH 1282)	1,750	400	150 to 2,000	87.4%	341
1866/67 (AH 1283)	1,750	400	146 to 2,000	87.7%	399
1867/68 (AH 1284)	1,455	458	150 to 2,500	82.3%	435
1868/69 (AH 1285)	1,500	475	150 to 3,000	81.2%	505
1869/70 (AH 1286)	1,500	400	150 to 2,250	82.9%	609
1870/71 (AH 1287)	1,500	400	150 to 2,000	84.4%	649
1871/72 (AH 1288)	1,500	420.5	125 to 2,375	84.0%	712
1872/73 (AH 1289)	1,250	450	140 to 2,350	80.5%	736
1873/74 (AH 1290)	1,250	405	130 to 2,200	81.5%	805
1874/75 (AH 1291)	1,250	450	150 to 1,800	83.7%	882
1875/76 (AH 1292)	1,300	450	150 to 2,000	83.7%	976
1876/77 (AH 1293)	1,300	420	150 to 2,000	84.6%	1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)	1,300	450	150 to 1,800	84.8%	1160
1878 (AH 1295)	1,300	450	150 to 2,000	85.3%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	1,300	400	150 to 2,000	83.2%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	900	400	180 to 1,800	77.6%	1534
1885/86 (AH 1303)	674	400	150 to 1,500	73.2%	1787

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Bursa1
1843/44 (AH 1259)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Bursa50

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

mektubi maliye kaleminin Rumeli mukabeleciliği15
1864 to 1878 (AH 1281 to 1295)
meclis-i mezkur mukayyidliği4
1850 to 1854 (AH 1267 to 1270)
kalem mezbure3
1846 to 1849 (AH 1263 to 1265)
kâtib-i selâse3
1856 to 1859 (AH 1273 to 1275)
masârifat-ı husûsiye tahrîrat odası mukabeleciliği2
1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
ıslahat umûr-u maliye komisyonu kitâbeti (ilâveten)1
1862/63 (AH 1279)

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

Bursa301 other officialsİstepan Efendi born 1833/34 (AH 1249); highest salary 800 kuruş
1843/44 (AH 1259)9 other officialsHasan Şevki Bey first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 8,000 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Selanik Yıldırım Bayezid Han camii şerifi ve mehâfil-i sâire^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · kitâbet eder^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 0 (recorded code)^[source]
Judicial record as worded: 0 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 331,332
5/313; 623

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