Official
Cemal Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Aydın in 1879/80 (AH 1297). On record 1903 to 1907, 4 annual entries.
Archive reference 118-142-279
Life#
Born in Aydın in 1879/80 (AH 1297), Cemal Efendi came from the Muslim (Müslüman) community; the father was a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Schooling took seven years, at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).
Work began in Aydın in 1896/97, at about 16, with seven unpaid years as a mülazım (apprentice) before a first salary of 250 kuruş. So long an unpaid start was rare; fewer than 6 per cent of the 5,142 officials with a known apprenticeship worked unpaid for seven years or longer. The first annual entry, for 1903/04, places Cemal in Štip (İştip) as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru). The last posts were in Skopje in 1905/06 and Sjenica (Seniçe) in 1906/07.
The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 400 in 1905/06, the peak, as Muhabere Memuru in Skopje, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 15,360 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.
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 1879/80 (AH 1297); First work 1896/97 (AH 1314)
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 250 | 475 | 350 | 14% |
| 1904/05 | 250 | 450 | 350 | 14% |
| 1905/06 | 400 | 475 | 330 | 38% |
| 1906/07 | 380 | 450 | 300 | 38% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896/97AH 1314 | First work | Aydın | 250first-salary field |
| 1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Štip (İştip) | 250 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 380 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Aydın
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Telgraf Memuru
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 7 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
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
- 1896/97 (AH 1314)
- Place
- Aydın
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
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 4 officials with entries in Štip (İştip) in the same years, Cemal Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Salih Saib Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mehmet Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüzeyin Hüsnü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 1,205 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Cemal Efendi had the 528th highest salary.
- Mehmet Hulusi Bey4 shared years; highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Mustafa Fazıl Bey4 shared years; highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Mehmet Sadullah Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,650 kuruş
- Mehmet Asım Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,550 kuruş
- Nikola Yunani Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Same school
Of the 3,206 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 3,200 have a recorded salary; Cemal Efendi had the 1,725th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Hilmi Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Abdullah Agah Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülmecid Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 690 kuruş
- Abdülmecit Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 220 kuruş
- Ahmet Burhanettin Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 400 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 9 officials born in Aydın, Cemal Efendi had the 5th highest salary.
- Mahmut Celaleddin Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 800 kuruş
- SÜLEYMAN ASAF EFENDİborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ferit Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 380 kuruş
- Mehmet Cemil Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Unnamed official (149-147-289)born 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 250 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), Cemal Efendi had the 25th highest salary.
- Mehmet Efendifirst entry in Štip (İştip); highest salary 300 kuruş
- AHMET FAİZ EFENDİfirst entry in Thessaloniki (Selanik); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmet Münib Efendifirst entry in Tekirdağ; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendifirst entry in Kosova; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmet Nuri Efendifirst entry in Palas; highest salary 250 kuruş
Full record
Annual entries (4)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhabere Memuru | Štip (İştip) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-142-279 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Muhabere Memuru | Štip (İştip) | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-142-279 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Muhabere Memuru | Skopje (Üsküp) | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-142-279 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Muhabere Memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 380 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 118-142-279 |
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 (14)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Cemal Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1297 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | telgraf memuru | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1314 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1896 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Aydin | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- 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.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 3 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.
Subjects
- Cemal Efendi
- Communications official (Muhabere Memuru)
- Štip (İştip)
- Aydın
- Rüşdiye school (Rüşdiye Mektebi)
- Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Biography of an Ottoman official (Osmanlı memurunun biyografisi)
- Career and pay (memuriyet ve maaş)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)