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Yusuf Cemil 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

Yusuf Cemil Efendi was born in Cemil (Ürgüp) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in 1889/90, at about 16, on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1889/90, names Yusuf Cemil as a candidate official (Mülazım), with no place, with a rise to Dördüncü sınıf memur in 1893/94.

The salary went from 80 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 640 in 1896/97, the peak, when 69 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 23,040 kuruş, 59 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314640 kuruşMülazımDördüncü sınıf memur
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Yusuf Cemil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/90804004%
1890/91804004%
1891/92804003%
1892/93804003%
1893/9432040037%
1894/9532040037%
1895/9632040037%
1896/9764045069%

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 Yusuf Cemil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work80first-salary field
1889 to 1894AH 1307 to 1311Mülazım
5 entries
YearSalary
1889/9080
1890/9180
1891/9280
1892/9380
1893/9480
80
1893 to 1897AH 1311 to 1314Dördüncü sınıf memur
6 entries
YearSalary
1893/94320
1894/95320
1895/96320
1896/97320
1896/97640
1896/97576
320 to 576

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Cemil (Ürgüp)

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 job title, same years

Of the 19 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, 18 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemil Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemil Efendi had the 47th highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Cemil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307MülazımBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1890/91AH 1308MülazımBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1891/92AH 1309MülazımBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1892/93AH 1310MülazımBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1893/94AH 1311MülazımBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1893/94AH 1311Dördüncü sınıf memurBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1894/95AH 1312Dördüncü sınıf memurBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1895/96AH 1313Dördüncü sınıf memurBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1896/97AH 1314Dördüncü sınıf memurBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi üçüncü şubesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1896/97AH 1314Üçüncü sınıf evrak memuruBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
1896/97AH 1314Üçüncü sınıf evrak memuruBirinci Ordu-yı Hümayun576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00108/00048.
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 Yusuf Cemil 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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