Mehmet Cemal Efendi

Born 1874/75 (AH 1291) · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1888 to 1898 (AH 1306 to 1315)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Adapazarı Adliye
Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti
Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti
İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti

5 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

The life

Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The father’s occupation was Gemi kaptanı. Schooling included Silistre sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri. The language repertoire included Turkish.^[1]

Service began in Adapazarı in 1888/89 (AH 1306). Dated career entries span 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 1897/98 (AH 1315) across 5 AH years, from Adapazarı Adliye to İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti, beginning with Mülazım (adliye) and ending with entries for Aşar Katibi. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Adapazarı Adliye, Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi, Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi and Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti and 3 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 250 kuruş in 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 400 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315); the highest recorded monthly rate is 400 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Silistra (Silistre) · 1874/75 (AH 1291)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Gemi kaptanı^[source]
Education: Silistre sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri^[source]
First work: 1888/89 (AH 1306) · Adapazarı^[source]
Age at first work: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.

Career in numbers

5
Dated AH years: 7
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 4
Salary years: 250 → 400
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 400
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 45.2%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1897/98 (AH 1315); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1897/98 (AH 1315).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 6 · Silistra (Silistre)

How to read this map

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Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

4 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Silistra (Silistre)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Adapazarı / Adapazarı Adliye
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı Adliye
1. Adapazarı
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Adapazarı Adliye
  Mülazım (adliye)
  Calculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi / Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi / Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi; Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi; Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
1. Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi
  Mülazım (istatistik)
  Calculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi
  Mülazım (Düyun-ı Umumiye)
  Calculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
  Muvakkat Müzayede Katibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti / Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti; Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti
1. Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
  Muvakkat Müzayede Katibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti
  Muvakkat Müzayede Katibi (İstifa)
  Calculated age 20
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti
  Aşar Katibi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti
Not yet located on the map: Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti
1. Sandık Emini
  350 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1897/98 (AH 1315)
İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti
Not yet located on the map: İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti
1. Aşar Katibi
  400 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Entry & evidence →[1]

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Mülazım (Düyun-ı Umumiye) (Görevin sona ermesi) · Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Aşar Katibi (Nakil) · Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Sandık Emini (Nakil) · Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only

Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1892/93 (AH 1310)	250	400	135 to 1,500	21.3%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	250	400	140 to 1,400	21.2%	1929
1896/97 (AH 1314)	350	450	150 to 1,575	36.8%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	400	400	140 to 1,425	45.2%	1891

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti2
1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
Adapazarı Adliye1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti1
1893/94 (AH 1311)
İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti1
1897/98 (AH 1315)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti250
Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti250
İzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti400
Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti350

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title

Aşar Katibi2
1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)
Muvakkat Müzayede Katibi2
1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
Mülazım (adliye)1
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Mülazım (Düyun-ı Umumiye)1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Mülazım (istatistik)1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Sandık Emini1
1896/97 (AH 1314)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsHafız Rauf Efendi born 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
1888/89 (AH 1306)172 other officialsCafer Sadık Efendi first annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 400 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Şahadetname^[1]

Schooling Silistre sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar^[1]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Silistre^[source]
Birth year: 1874/75 (AH 1291)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Gemi kaptanı^[source]
Archive references: BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411^[1]

Education and languages

Turkish: Kitâbet^[source]okur yazar^[1]
Qualification: Formal qualification recorded^[source]Şahadetname^[1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education: Silistre sıbyan ve rüşdiye mektepleri^[source]
Education level equivalent: 7^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Adapazarı^[source]
First work year: 1888/89 (AH 1306)^[source]

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 56
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411

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