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Mehmet Kâmil 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 Mehmet Kâmil Efendi began in Biga in 1888/89 (AH 1306); the father's occupation was "Köyceğiz telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü". Mehmet Kâmil began work in Izmir (İzmir) in 1906/07, at about 17. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with Mehmet Kâmil as Telgraf merkezi stajyeri in Izmir. Alongside, the lists for 1906/07 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1906/07, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1906/0712BigaIzmir

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Şemskin, Şam-ı Şerif).

  1. Biga

    Born 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Izmir (İzmir)

    First work 1906/07 (AH 1324); 1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Telgraf merkezi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Şemskin, Şam-ı Şerif as worded, no place record not on the map

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmet Kâmil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First workIzmir (İzmir)
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf merkezi stajyeriIzmir (İzmir)
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru300

Record

Personal

Born
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Birthplace
Biga
Father's occupation
Köyceğiz telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

First work

Year
1906/07 (AH 1324)

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 6 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir) in the same years, Mehmet Kâmil Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 154 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir)

Same birthplace

Of the 17 officials born in Biga, 16 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kâmil Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

The page of Biga, with the 17 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kâmil Efendi had the 55th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Kâmil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf merkezi stajyeriIzmir (İzmir)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00148/00165.; 87 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00148/00165.
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruŞemskin, Şam-ı Şerif300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00148/00165.; 87 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00148/00165.
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 Mehmet Kâmil 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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