Mehmet Kamil 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 Kamil Efendi was born in Kars. Work began in Istanbul in 1886/87 (AH 1304), on a first salary of 240 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1886/87, places Mehmet Kamil in Istanbul as Emtia Dahiliye Gümrüğü kolcusu. For 1887 to 1892 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1892/93, names Mehmet Kamil as Damga Memuru, with no place.

The salary went from 240 kuruş a month in 1886/87 to 500 in 1892/93, the peak, as Damga Memuru, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1892/93.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings2 years with a salary; 93 per cent of the pay of an official on the median salary: 8,880 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 2 years: Bottom 38%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province, mean of 1 year: Bottom 11%
Average salarya month (4,440 a year); median 370: 370 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1892/93: 500 kuruş
Years on record1886 to 1893, 2 with an entry: 7
Placesof the annual entries; 1 job title held: 1
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1886/87: 240 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 13.0%
Salary at first worka month, first-salary field of the record: 240 kuruş
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1892/93: Above 56%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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.

Istanbul (Dersaadet)
First work 1886/87 (AH 1304); 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Emtia Dahiliye Gümrüğü kolcusu
240 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Place not recorded
1892/93 (AH 1310)
No annual entry for 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309) before it.
Damga Memuru
500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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 Mehmet Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1886/87	240	400		480	19%
1892/93	500	400			56%

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 Mehmet Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304	First work	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	240first-salary field
1886/87AH 1304	Emtia Dahiliye Gümrüğü kolcusu	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	240
No annual entry: 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310	Damga Memuru		500

Record

Personal

Birthplace: Kars

First work

Year: 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Place: Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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 153 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 151 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kamil Efendi had the 127th highest salary of them.

Ahmed Ârifî Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 100,000 kuruş
Mehmed Said Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
Edvar Blak Bey1 shared year; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
Sâlih Münir Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
Edhem Beğ (İbrahim)1 shared year; highest salary 20,000 kuruş

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kamil Efendi had the 57th highest salary of them.

Ahmed Ferid Paşaborn 1831/32 (AH 1247); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 750 kuruş
Seyit Ahmet RaĢit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Seyit Ahmet Raşit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); no salary recorded
Mehmet ġevki Beyborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 2,250 kuruş

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kamil Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

Ali Nafiz Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
Hafız Kamil Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 380 kuruş
Hafız Đsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Mehmed Mazhar Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 900 kuruş

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Kamil Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1886/87AH 1304	Emtia Dahiliye Gümrüğü kolcusu	Istanbul (Dersaadet)	240	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	86 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 43/141.
1892/93AH 1310	Damga Memuru		500	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 43/141

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 Mehmet Kamil Efendi with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source