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Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey

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 Cemalleddin Bey was born in Bursa in 1862/63 (AH 1279) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Jandarma Yüzbaşısı". Work began in 1876/77, at about 14, on a first salary of 140 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1876/77, with Mehmed Cemalleddin as tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1882 to 1887, 1889 to 1892 and 1896 to 1910.

Pay rose from 140 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 700 in 1887/88, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 600 kuruş. Over 11 years the salaries add up to 36,480 kuruş, 65 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1862/63 (AH 1279)

  2. Saruhan sancağında Soma kazası as worded, no place record

    1876 to 1882 (AH 1293 to 1299)

    tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde

    50 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304) before it.

    600 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Ayvacık kazaları as worded, no place record

    1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309) before it.

    süvari orman me'murluğu

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  5. Karasi sancağı as worded, no place record

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1896 to 1910 (AH 1314 to 1327) before it.

    üçüncü sınıf-ı nafia kitâbetine

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006008001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328700 kuruştahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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
Salary of Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/771404209%
1877/781404508%
1878504501%
1878/791204005%
1879/801504007%
1880/811204006%
1881/821204006%
1887/8870040071%
1888/8960040066%
1895/9630040027%
1910/1160050053%

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.

Career of Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First work140first-salary field
1876 to 1882AH 1293 to 1299tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatinde
10 entries
YearSalary
1876/77140
1877/78140
1877/7850
187850
1878/79120
1879/80120
1879/80150
1879/80120
1880/81120
1881/82120
140 to 120
No annual entry: 1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306
2 entries
YearSalary
1887/88700
1888/89600
700 to 600
No annual entry: 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
1892 to 1896AH 1310 to 1313süvari orman me'murluğu
4 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96300
300
No annual entry: 1896 to 1910 (AH 1314 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328üçüncü sınıf-ı nafia kitâbetine600

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Jandarma Yüzbaşısı

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)

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 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey had the 112th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey had the 72nd highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatindeSaruhan sancağında Soma kazası140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1877/78AH 1294tahrîrat kitâbetini refâkatindeSaruhan sancağında Soma kazası140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1877/78AH 1294tahrîrat kalemi mübeyyizliğindeKarasi sancağı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1878AH 1295tahrîrat kalemi mübeyyizliğindeKarasi sancağı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1878/79AH 1296evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1879/80AH 1297evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1879/80AH 1297evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1879/80AH 1297Karasi sancağı evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1880/81AH 1298Karasi sancağı evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1881/82AH 1299Karasi sancağı evrak kalemi mukayidliğindeKarasi sancağı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1887/88AH 1305700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1888/89AH 1306600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1892/93AH 1310süvari orman me'murluğuAyvacık kazalarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1893/94AH 1311süvari orman me'murluğuAyvacık kazalarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1894/95AH 1312süvari orman me'murluğuAyvacık kazalarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1895/96AH 1313evrak kitâbetineKarasi sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
1910/11AH 1328üçüncü sınıf-ı nafia kitâbetineKarasi sancağı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74/191; 379
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 Mehmed Cemalleddin Bey 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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