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Receb Cemal Efendi

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 Receb Cemal Efendi began in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Kömür tüccarı". Receb Cemal began work in 1895/96, at about 15. The first annual entry, for 1895/96, names Receb Cemal as İdare Kalemi mülazımı, with no place. For 1907 to 1909 the lists have no entry. The lists give Infisal for 1909/10 instead of a title.

The salary went from 50 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 600 in 1906/07, the peak, when 63 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Istabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1910 (AH 1313 to 1327)

    İdare Kalemi mülazımı 1895 to 1907 (AH 1313 to 1324); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    50 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşİdare Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officials

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 Receb Cemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/97504501%
1897/981004004%
1898/9915040010%
1899/190015040010%
1900/0130040029%
1901/0240040043%
1902/0340040044%
1903/0450040553%
1904/0550040055%
1905/0650043052%
1906/0760045063%

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 Receb Cemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work
1895 to 1907AH 1313 to 1324İdare Kalemi mülazımı
21 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1896/9750
1897/9850
1897/98100
1898/99100
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1900/01250
1900/01300
1901/02300
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
1906/07600
600
No annual entry: 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Father's occupation
Kömür tüccarı

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Receb Cemal Efendi 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 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Receb Cemal Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Receb Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1896/97AH 1314İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1896/97AH 1314İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1897/98AH 1315İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1897/98AH 1315İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1898/99AH 1316İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1898/99AH 1316İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Kalemi mülazımıIstabl-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1899/1900AH 1317Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1900/01AH 1318Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1900/01AH 1318Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1900/01AH 1318Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1901/02AH 1319Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1901/02AH 1319Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1902/03AH 1320Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1903/04AH 1321Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1903/04AH 1321Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1904/05AH 1322Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1905/06AH 1323Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1906/07AH 1324Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1906/07AH 1324Kuyudat Kalemi hülefasıHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Kuyudat Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
1909/10AH 1327InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1035
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 Receb Cemal Efendi 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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