Mehmed 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
Mehmed Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Kunduracı". At about 16, in 1897/98, Mehmed Cemal began work. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Cemal as Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. For 1904 to 1907 the lists have no entry. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1909/10.
Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 500 in 1907/08, when half the paid officials earned less. The final 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.
Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place not recorded
1897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321)
Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı
150 to 360 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
Place not recorded
1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)
No annual entry for 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324) before it.
Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1909/10 (AH 1327)
470 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 150 | 400 | 10% | ||
| 1898/99 | 230 | 400 | 19% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 230 | 400 | 20% | ||
| 1900/01 | 280 | 400 | 28% | ||
| 1901/02 | 310 | 400 | 36% | ||
| 1902/03 | 310 | 400 | 38% | ||
| 1903/04 | 360 | 405 | 40% | ||
| 1907/08 | 500 | 460 | 50% | ||
| 1908/09 | 500 | 400 | 52% | ||
| 1909/10 | 500 | 600 | 41% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | ||
| 1897 to 1904AH 1315 to 1321 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 360 | |
| No annual entry: 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324) | |||
| 1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 470 to 500 | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Infisala note on status, not a job | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Father's occupation
- Kunduracı
First work
- Year
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
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; Mehmed Cemal Efendi had the 342nd highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Bediî Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Anastaş Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Cezveciyan Kerupe Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Hanri Kitasyali Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Hüseyin Sabri Beyborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemal Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.
- Ali Niyazi Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 125 kuruş
- Ġbrahim Edhem Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 319.5 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 80 kuruş
- Ali Ziya Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | ||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 230 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 230 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 230 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 280 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 280 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 310 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 310 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 310 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 360 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 470 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Infisal | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1029 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)