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Official

İsmail Cemil Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). On record 1894/95, 1 annual entry.

Archive reference 0086_0127: 249

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Life

İsmail Cemil Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291), into the Muslim (Müslüman) community. Work began in Istanbul in 1890/91, at about 16, with four unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 40 kuruş. The one annual entry, for 1894/95, places İsmail Cemil in Istanbul as an official for incoming items (Mevrude Memuru), on 40 kuruş a month.

One annual entry, for 1894/95 (AH 1312): Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul (Dersaadet), with 40 kuruş a month. Institution: Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf).

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
4 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Middle
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
Yes

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
40

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık sebebiyle; Devamsızlık

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 553 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, İsmail Cemil Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 1,750 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 27 officials with the title Mevrude Memuru in the same years, İsmail Cemil Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 104 officials with the title Mevrude Memuru

Same school

Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; İsmail Cemil Efendi had the 3,190th highest salary of them.

All 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 1,999 officials born in Istanbul, 1,997 have a recorded salary; İsmail Cemil Efendi had the 1,985th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 1,999 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), İsmail Cemil Efendi had the lowest salary.

Full record

Annual entries (1)

Annual entries of İsmail Cemil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Mevrude MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)40Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0086_0127: 249
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (15)

Recorded values of İsmail Cemil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameİsmail Cemil EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1291Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacedersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthdersaadetRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1308Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1891Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeistanbulRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)40Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık sebebiyle used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 1 annual entry of 1 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.

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