İsmail Kâmil Efendi
Born 1889/90 (AH 1307) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
Languages Arabic, French
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 188/98, s.98
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Jeddah (Cidde)
- Sevkülceyş Merkezi
- San'a
3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
İsmail Kâmil Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The father’s occupation was Taif Hastanesi emini (emekli). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Taif Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic and French. [1]
The first place of work was Taif. Dated career entries span 1909/10 (AH 1327) to 1911 (AH 1329) across 3 AH years, beginning with Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Jeddah (Cidde), Sevkülceyş Merkezi and San'a. [1]
Monthly pay went from 400 kuruş in 1909/10 (AH 1327) to 1,000 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1911 (AH 1329). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 3 · Mecca (Mekke)
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 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Mecca (Mekke)
Birth
2 Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 20
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 21
Continuing service as described
3 1911 (AH 1329)
Jeddah (Cidde) / Sevkülceyş Merkezi / San'a
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sevkülceyş Merkezi; San'a
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi üçüncü sınıf memuru
400 kuruşCalculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Sevkülceyş Merkezi
Sevkülceyş Merkezi üçüncü sınıf müdürü
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 22
San'a
Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi ihtiyat memuru
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 22
2 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi şakirdi · Taif · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- First work as recorded · Taif · Year not recorded
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 400 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.0% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 400 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 31.3% | 732 |
| 1911 (AH 1329) | 1,000 | 600 | 250 to 2,500 | 62.1% | 402 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- San'a1,000
- Sevkülceyş Merkezi1,000
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 titleThe 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
- Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsMaşuk Efendi born 1889/90 (AH 1307); no salary recorded
- Jeddah (Cidde)7 other officialsİbrahim Edhem Efendi 2 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- 1909/10 (AH 1327)130 other officialsSeyyid Derviş Efendi first entry in Jeddah (Cidde); highest salary 200 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- Tekellüm ve kitâbet [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]Şehadetname; aliyyü'l-a'lâ derece [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Sıbyan mektebi; Taif Rüşdiyesi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- Taif [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 163, 164
227 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 188/98, s.98.
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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