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Mahmud Cemal 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

Born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1884/85 (AH 1302), Mahmud Cemal Efendi was the child of a telegraph official (telgraf memuru). Work began in Tuzi (Tuz) in 1902/03, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1902/03, places Mahmud Cemal in Tuzi as Telgrafhane mülazımı, where the entries run to 1905/06. At the same time, from 1905/06, the lists also place Mahmud Cemal in Thessaloniki (Selanik) as Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru.

The one salary in the lists is 200 kuruş a month, for 1905/06, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

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
1902/031905/06123ShkodërTuziThessaloniki
  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1884/85 (AH 1302)

  2. Tuzi (Tuz)

    First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)

    Telgrafhane mülazımı

    entries in 4 years

  3. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

    200 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
0501001502001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323200 kuruşTelgrafhane mülazımıTelgraf ve posta muhabere memuru

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 Mahmud Cemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workTuzi (Tuz)
1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323Telgrafhane mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
Tuzi (Tuz)
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)200

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Father's occupation
Telgraf memuru

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)

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 4 officials with entries in Tuzi (Tuz) in the same years, Mahmud Cemal Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 12 officials with entries in Tuzi (Tuz)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Cemal Efendi had the 153rd highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Cemal Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Telgrafhane mülazımıTuzi (Tuz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta muhabere memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mahmud Cemal 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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