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Yusuf Cemil 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

Yusuf Cemil Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "kadı". From the first annual entry, for 1879/80 (AH 1297), to 1885/86, every annual entry places Yusuf Cemil in the same post, tahrirat kalemi katibi, in Erzincan, the birthplace.

The salary went from 90 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 325 in 1885/86, the peak, in Erzincan, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 14,820 kuruş, 44 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303325 kuruştahrirat kalemi katibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This 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 Yusuf Cemil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/80904004003%
1880/811104003655%
1881/821104003006%
1882/8320040030012%
1883/8420040033112%
1884/8520040040012%
1885/86325400312.539%

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 Yusuf Cemil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workErzincan
1879 to 1886AH 1297 to 1303tahrirat kalemi katibi
10 entries
YearSalary
1879/8090
1880/8190
1880/81110
1881/82110
1882/83110
1882/83200
1883/84200
1884/85200
1885/86200
1885/86325
Erzincan90 to 325

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
kadı

First work

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 28 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, Yusuf Cemil Efendi had the 24th highest salary.

All 88 officials with entries in Erzincan

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemil Efendi had the 117th highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemil Efendi had the 142nd highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Cemil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297tahrirat kalemi katibiErzincan90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1880/81AH 1298tahrirat kalemi katibiErzincan90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1880/81AH 1298tahrirat kalemi katibiErzincan110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1881/82AH 1299tahrirat kalemi katibiErzincan110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1882/83AH 1300tahrirat kalemi katibiErzincan110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1882/83AH 1300tahrirat kalemi sınıf-ı sani katibiErzincan200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1883/84AH 1301tahrirat kalemi sınıf-ı sani katibiErzincan200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1884/85AH 1302tahrirat kalemi sınıf-ı sani katibiErzincan200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1885/86AH 1303tahrirat kalemi sınıf-ı sani katibiErzincan200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
1885/86AH 1303tahrirat kalemi sınıf-ı evvel katibiErzincan325Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records100 BOA, DH. SAİD, 349/87; 101 BOA, DH. SAİD, 247/57
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 Yusuf Cemil 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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