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Official

Mehmet Kamil Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Sivas in 1872/73 (AH 1289). On record 1893 to 1903, 10 annual entries.

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

Career of Mehmet Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workSivas250first-salary field
1893/94AH 1311Merkez MemuruKonya250
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 13133. Müdür
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95500
1895/96500
Alucra500
1896 to 1903AH 1314 to 13203. Müdür
7 entries
YearSalary
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
1902/03500
Erbaa500
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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
Salary of Mehmet Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9425050060013%
1894/9550050060046%
1895/9650050060047%
1896/9750050054049%
1897/9850050054049%
1898/9950050054048%
1899/190050050054047%
1900/0150050054047%
1901/0250050054049%
1902/0350050054049%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
SivasErbaaKonyaAlucra

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

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

20 officials in all. Officials recorded in Erbaa

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

94 officials in all. Officials born in Sivas

Full record

Annual entries (10)

Annual entries of Mehmet Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Merkez MemuruKonya250Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1894/95AH 13123. MüdürAlucra500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1895/96AH 13133. MüdürAlucra500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1896/97AH 13143. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1897/98AH 13153. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1898/99AH 13163. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1899/1900AH 13173. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1900/01AH 13183. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1901/02AH 13193. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_131; 259
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürErbaa500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract70_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)

Recorded values of Mehmet Kamil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmet Kamil EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1289Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacesivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthsivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)2Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1309Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1892Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeSivasRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)250Recovered 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.