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Official

MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Gülşehir (Arapsun) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). On record 1893 to 1906, 13 annual entries.

Life

MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ was born in Gülşehir (Arapsun) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Arabsun in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Musillik in Gülşehir, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Musillik in Gülşehir).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Musillik. 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 13 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Private teaching
Hususi Muallim (4 years)private teacher (not a school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

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
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place
Arabsun
First salary field (kuruş a month)
200

Career

Career of MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workArabsun200first-salary field
1893 to 1905AH 1311 to 1322Musillik
12 entries
YearSalary
1893/94200
1894/95200
1895/96200
1896/97200
1897/98200
1898/99200
1899/1900200
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
1903/04200
1904/05200
Gülşehir (Arapsun)200
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruKonya200
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001502001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322200 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/942005002009%
1894/952005002009%
1895/962005009%
1896/972005002008%
1897/982005002009%
1898/992005009%
1899/19002005007%
1900/012005008%
1901/022005009%
1902/032005009%
1903/042004758%
1904/052004508%
1905/062004753308%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
GülşehirKonya

Not drawn. No position recorded: Arabsun.

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

24 officials in all. Officials recorded in Gülşehir (Arapsun)

Same school recorded

37 officials in all.

Same birthplace

Officials born in Gülşehir (Arapsun)

Full record

Annual entries (13)

Annual entries of MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1894/95AH 1312MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1895/96AH 1313MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1896/97AH 1314MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1897/98AH 1315MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1898/99AH 1316MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1899/1900AH 1317MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1900/01AH 1318MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1901/02AH 1319MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1902/03AH 1320MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1903/04AH 1321MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1904/05AH 1322MusillikGülşehir (Arapsun)200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruKonya200Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0156_0022; 41
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)

Recorded values of MAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİ with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMAHMUT CELALETTİN EFENDİPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1285Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacearapsunRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthkonyaRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationEsnafRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolHususi MuallimRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1311Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1893Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placearabsunRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)200Recovered 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.
  • 13 annual entries of 13 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.