Official
Mehmet Kamil Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sivas in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1893 to 1903, 10 annual entries.
Archive reference 70_131; 259
Life#
Mehmet Kamil Efendi was born in Sivas in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.
Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 Sivas in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 21 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Merkez Memuru in Konya, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Alucra, the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Konya). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Erbaa, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Alucra).
The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as 3. Müdür. 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 2 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Low
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- No
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Place
- Sivas
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 250
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Sivas | 250first-salary field |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Merkez Memuru | Konya | 250 |
| 1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313 | 3. Müdür | Alucra | 500 |
| 1896 to 1903AH 1314 to 1320 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 |
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.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94 | 250 | 500 | 600 | 13% |
| 1894/95 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 46% |
| 1895/96 | 500 | 500 | 600 | 47% |
| 1896/97 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1897/98 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 48% |
| 1899/1900 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1900/01 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 47% |
| 1901/02 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
| 1902/03 | 500 | 500 | 540 | 49% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Named in scholarly works#
No link between a work and an official has been accepted. Each entry was found by fixed rules on the name and the recorded fields, and says what it rests on.
Possible links: 3 entries in 1 work
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Mehmet Kâmil EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Mehmet Kâmil EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları: Mehmet Kâmil EfendiPossible link: same name and birthplace; several officials or entries qualify, so none is probable
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ali Haydar EfendiKonya, 1 shared year
- Abdullah Halit EfendiKonya, 1 shared year
- Hafız Mehmet Nuri EfendiKonya, 1 shared year
- Hüseyin Mehasin EfendiKonya, 1 shared year
- Bekir Sıtkı EfendiKonya, 1 shared year
20 officials in all. Officials recorded in Erbaa
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdülaziz EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Arif EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Faik EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Abdullah Halit EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Abdullah Behçet EfendiSivas, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Mehmet Ali EfendiSivas, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Mehmet Hilmi EfendiSivas, born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Ali Rıza EfendiSivas, born 1871/72 (AH 1288)
- Abdurrahman Halis EfendiSivas, born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas
Full record
Annual entries (10)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Merkez Memuru | Konya | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | 3. Müdür | Alucra | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | 3. Müdür | Alucra | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 3. Müdür | Erbaa | 500 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 70_131; 259 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (13)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Kamil Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1289 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | Rusdiye Mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 2 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1309 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Sivas | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 250 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 10 annual entries of 10 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.