Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Bursa · Dated entries 1876 to 1911 (AH 1293 to 1328)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference 74/191; 379
The career, year by year
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The life
Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey was born in Bursa in 1862/63 (AH 1279), within the İslam community. The father’s occupation was Jandarma Yüzbaşısı. Schooling included Balıkesir ve Edremid mekteblerinde müretteb dersleri okuyub. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Dated career entries span 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 14 AH years, from Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası to Karasi sancağı, beginning with tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde and ending with entries for üçüncü sınıf-ı nafia kitâbetine. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası, Karasi sancağı and Ayvacık kazaları. [1]
Monthly pay went from 140 kuruş in 1876/77 (AH 1293) to 600 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 700 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 8 · Bursa
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
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7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Bursa
Birth
2 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası
First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde
140 kuruşCalculated age 14
3 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası / Karasi sancağı
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası; Karasi sancağı
Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası
tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde
140 kuruşCalculated age 15
Karasi sancağı
tahrîrat kalemi mübeyyizliğinde
50 kuruşCalculated age 15
4 1878 (AH 1295) · 5 recorded years
Karasi sancağı
AH entries: 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Karasi sancağı
tahrîrat kalemi mübeyyizliğinde
50 kuruşCalculated age 16
Karasi sancağı evrak kalemi mukayidliğinde
120 kuruşCalculated age 20
5 1887/88 (AH 1305) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Career entry
700 kuruşCalculated age 26
Career entry
600 kuruşCalculated age 27
6 1892/93 (AH 1310) · 3 recorded years
Ayvacık kazaları
AH entries: 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ayvacık kazaları
süvari orman me'murluğu
Calculated age 31
süvari orman me'murluğu
Calculated age 33
7 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Karasi sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Karasi sancağı
evrak kitâbetine
300 kuruşCalculated age 34
8 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Karasi sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Karasi sancağı
üçüncü sınıf-ı nafia kitâbetine
600 kuruşCalculated age 49
3 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- tahrîrat kitâbetinde · Edremid kazası · Undated · 340 kuruş · calculated age 15 Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- evrak kalemi mühime mukayyidliğinde · Malkara vilâyeti · Undated · 350 kuruş · calculated age 20 Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- İstifa · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 140 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 9.4% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 140 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 8.7% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 50 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 1.3% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 120 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 5.9% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 150 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 7.7% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 120 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 6.4% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 120 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 6.9% | 1489 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 700 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 71.8% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 600 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 66.2% | 1797 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 27.1% | 1981 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 600 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 53.6% | 732 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Karasi sancağı50 to 600
- Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası140
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Bursa301 other officialsKirkorisi Efendi born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 550 kuruş
- 1876/77 (AH 1293)184 other officialsAdile Hanım first annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 300 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Bursalı memurlar
DERVİŞ ŞAFAK TOPRAK · 2019 · Pages 220,221,222
74/191; 379
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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