Mahmut Cemal Efendi

Mahmut Cemal Efendi was born in Divriği in 1850/51 (AH 1267). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: İbtidai Mektebi (primary school), with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Besiktas. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278): Zaptiye Kalemi. The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1861/62, the official was about 11 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1861/62, shows Nefer in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Onbasi in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 155 kuruş a month (before: Nefer in Istanbul). In 1868/69 the record shows Çavuş in Istanbul, the salary going from 155 to 160 kuruş a month (before: Onbasi in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 160 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Istanbul). In 1879/80 the record shows Çavuş in Istanbul, the salary going from 380 to 350 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sinif Teftis Memuru in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul). In 1905/06 the record shows Başkomiser in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1872 to 1878.

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Başkomiser. 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 41 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.97 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 82 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.