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Mehmed Celaleddin 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

Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi was born in Cebeli bereket in 1863/64 (AH 1280). At about 16, in 1878/79, Mehmed Celaleddin began work in Istanbul. The annual lists begin in 1878/79, with Mehmed Celaleddin as Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı in Istanbul, where the entries run to 1886/87. Alongside, the lists for 1886/87 give a second post, in Aydın as Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimi.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 750 in 1886/87, the peak, in Aydın, when 73 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 13,800 kuruş, 57 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

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
1878/791886/87123Cebeli bereketIstanbulAydın
  1. Cebeli bereket

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1878/79 (AH 1296); 1878 to 1887 (AH 1296 to 1304)

    Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

    100 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  3. Aydın

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimi

    750 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
02004006008001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304750 kuruşAdliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/831004004354%
1883/841004004004%
1884/851004004704%
1885/861004004604%
1886/8775040040073%

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 Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1878 to 1887AH 1296 to 1304Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
11 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83100
1883/84100
1884/85100
1885/86100
1886/87100
1886/87200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)200
1886/87AH 1304Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimiAydın750

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Cebeli bereket

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 369 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 340 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi had the 236th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 5 officials born in Cebeli bereket, 4 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

The page of Cebeli bereket, with the 5 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Celaleddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1879/80AH 1297Adliye Bakanlığı Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1884/85AH 1302Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1885/86AH 1303Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1886/87AH 1304Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1886/87AH 1304Bidayet Savcılık Kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
1886/87AH 1304Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci sorgu hâkimiAydın750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232; 191 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 17/232.
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 Mehmed Celaleddin 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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