Mehmed Cemal Efendi

Born 1864/65 (AH 1281) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1882 to 1910 (AH 1300 to 1327)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 13-138

The career, year by year

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The life

Mehmed Cemal Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Edirne in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Dated career entries span 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1909/10 (AH 1327) across 21 AH years. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Edirne, Kardzhali (Kırcaali), Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) and Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) and 6 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 3,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327); the highest recorded monthly rate is 3,000 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · 1864/65 (AH 1281)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye^[source]
First work: 1882/83 (AH 1300) · Edirne^[source]
Age at first work: 19^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 0.833333^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

21
Dated AH years: 10
Career place names: 2
Entries without a resolved year: 21
Salary years: 500 → 3,000
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 3,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 93.3%
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. 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1909/10 (AH 1327); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1909/10 (AH 1327).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 17 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

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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.

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

1
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Edirne / Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Edirne
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 19
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
  Tahrir-i Seyyar Varakası ikinci muharriri
  500 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
3
1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
1. Tahrir-i Vergi Kitabeti refiki
  300 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Tahrir-i Vergi Kitabeti refiki
  300 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) / Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
  Tahrir-i Vergi Kitabeti refiki
  300 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
  Vergi katibi
  300 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years
Ortaköy
AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy
1. Mal muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mal muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Ortaköy / Şarköy
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy
1. Ortaköy
  Mal muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Şarköy
  Mal muavini
  500 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
1. Tahrir-i Vergi katibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1897/98 (AH 1315) · 2 recorded years
Havza
AH entries: 1315, 1316. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Havza
1. Vergi katibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Vergi katibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 35
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Havza / Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Havza
1. Havza
  Vergi katibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
  Vergi katibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) / Place not recorded / Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
  Vergi katibi
  500 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
  Malmüdürü
  540 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
1. Malmüdürü
  540 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
12
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Kardzhali (Kırcaali) / Place not recorded / Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Kardzhali (Kırcaali)
  Malmüdürü
  540 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Tahsilat İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  800 kuruşCalculated age 39
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
13
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)
1. Malmüdürü
  720 kuruşCalculated age 40
  Entry & evidence →[1]
14
1905/06 (AH 1323)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tahsilat İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  900 kuruşCalculated age 42
  Entry & evidence →[1]
15
1906/07 (AH 1324) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded / Trabzon
AH entries: 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Place not recorded
  Tahsilat İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
  900 kuruşCalculated age 43
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Trabzon
  Kuyud-ı Tahsiliye tensik ve ıslahı geçici memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 44
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 7 recorded entries in this stage →
16
1908/09 (AH 1326)
Place not recorded
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Tedkik ve Tasfiye-i Bakaya ikinci mümeyyizi
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 45
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
17
1909/10 (AH 1327)
Place not recorded / Komotini (Gümülcine)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Place not recorded
  Tedkik ve Tasfiye-i Bakaya ikinci mümeyyizi
  1,250 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Komotini (Gümülcine)
  Sancak Muhasebecisi
  3,000 kuruşCalculated age 46
  Entry & evidence →[1]

2 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.

İskan-ı Muhacirin Komisyonu mukayyidi · Edirne · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Malmüdürü · Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) · Undated · 540 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

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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
1882/83 (AH 1300)	500	400	150 to 1,400	60.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	300	400	150 to 1,400	28.3%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	300	400	150 to 1,500	28.2%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	300	400	150 to 1,500	27.9%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	300	400	150 to 1,500	28.0%	1725
1890/91 (AH 1308)	500	400	125 to 1,500	56.0%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	500	400	140 to 1,600	56.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	500	400	135 to 1,500	56.2%	1935
1894/95 (AH 1312)	400	400	140 to 1,500	44.9%	2004
1897/98 (AH 1315)	500	400	140 to 1,425	56.9%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	500	400	144 to 1,400	55.8%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	500	400	140 to 1,440	55.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	540	400	140 to 1,500	63.8%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	540	400	150 to 1,520	62.0%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	800	400	150 to 1,500	76.9%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	720	405	150 to 1,450	74.1%	1578
1905/06 (AH 1323)	900	430	125 to 1,500	77.4%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	2,000	450	150 to 1,525	92.8%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	2,000	460	135 to 1,615	91.9%	1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)	1,250	400	150 to 2,000	82.4%	1232
1909/10 (AH 1327)	3,000	600	200 to 2,000	93.3%	1088

Career patterns and pay

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)7
1883 to 1903 (AH 1301 to 1320)
Kardzhali (Kırcaali)4
1882 to 1903 (AH 1300 to 1320)
Havza3
1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
Ortaköy3
1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
Komotini (Gümülcine)2
1894 to 1910 (AH 1312 to 1327)
Trabzon2
1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

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

Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)300 to 540
Kardzhali (Kırcaali)500 to 540
Havza500
Ortaköy500
Komotini (Gümülcine)400 to 3,000
Trabzon2,000

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

Vergi katibi5
1886 to 1901 (AH 1304 to 1318)
Malmüdürü4
1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
Tahrir-i Vergi Kitabeti refiki4
1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
Tedkik ve Tasfiye-i Bakaya ikinci mümeyyizi4
1906 to 1910 (AH 1324 to 1327)
Mal muavini3
1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
Tahsilat İdaresi Muhasebe Kalemi memuru3
1902 to 1907 (AH 1320 to 1324)

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

Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsMehmed Raif Efendi born 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 250 kuruş
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)3 other officialsMehmet Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 350 kuruş
1882/83 (AH 1300)236 other officialsMuhsin Efendi first entry in Edirne; highest salary 250 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye diploması^[1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; rüşdiye^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Turkish · Kitâbetokuryazar^[1]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 142, 143, 144, 145
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 13-138

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