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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi

Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Cebeli bereket · Dated entries 1878 to 1887 (AH 1296 to 1304)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1878/79 (AH 1296): Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1879/80 (AH 1297): Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1880/81 (AH 1298): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1881/82 (AH 1299): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1882/83 (AH 1300): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı, Istanbul (Dersaadet)1882/83 (AH 1300): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 100 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 100 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304): Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 200 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304): Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimi, Aydın, 750 kuruşAH 1296AH 1300AH 1304
Places and reading notes
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  • Aydın

9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Cebeli bereketIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aydın
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Cebeli bereket

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Cebeli bereket

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 16

    2. Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 16

  3. 3

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 7 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 17

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 18

    3. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

    4. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    5. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 20

    6. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 21

      Continuing service as described

    7. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    8. Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Aydın

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      100 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisi

      200 kuruşCalculated age 24

    3. Aydın

      Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimi

      750 kuruşCalculated age 24

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1882/83 (AH 1300)100400150 to 1,4004.5%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)100400150 to 1,4004.5%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)100400150 to 1,5004.2%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)100400150 to 1,5004.8%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)750400150 to 1,50073.6%1725

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03757501882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041882/83 (AH 1300) · 100 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 100 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 100 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 100 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 200 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · 750 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1878 to 1887 (AH 1296 to 1304)
  2. 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)
  2. 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
  3. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  4. 1886/87 (AH 1304)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling İlkokul ve ortaokul dersleri; Hukuk Okulu [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Cebel-i Bereket [source]
Birth year
1863/64 (AH 1280) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Education
İlkokul ve ortaokul dersleri; Hukuk Okulu [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İstanbul [source]
First work year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Apprenticeship
3.92 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Kozan ve Cebel-i bereketli memurlar

    SENEM ÖZDEMİR · 2019 · Pages 112

    BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 12 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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