Mehmet 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
Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre). Work began in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmet Cemal as mülazım (kalem) and no place named. In place of a title the lists give Vefat (death) for 1898/99.
The salary went from 60 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to 120 in 1897/98, the peak, as Katip, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 3,360 kuruş, 22 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 60 | 400 | 155 | 2% | |
| 1896/97 | 100 | 450 | 300 | 3% | |
| 1897/98 | 120 | 400 | 210 | 6% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | First work | ||
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | mülazım (kalem) | ||
| 1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315 | Katip | 60 to 120 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job) |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Silistra (Silistre)
First work
- Year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)
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 8 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 7th highest salary.
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 940 kuruş
- MUHAMMET RİFET EFENDİ3 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmed Ali Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 125 kuruş
- Halil Naci Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Kâşif Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Behçet Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfi Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 350 kuruş
The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 183rd highest salary of them.
- Ali Beyfirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Seyyid Musa Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İbrahim Edhem Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); no salary recorded
All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | mülazım (kalem) | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | mülazım (kalem) | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 60 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 60 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 70 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Katip | Mülkiye Tekaüd Sandığı Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341; 211 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341. |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Vefat | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 98/341 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)