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Mehmet Cemal 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

The life of Mehmet Cemal Efendi began in Silistra (Silistre) in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Gemi kaptanı". At about 15, in 1888/89, Mehmet Cemal began work in Adapazarı. The first annual entry, for 1888/89, names Mehmet Cemal as Mülazım (adliye), with no place. For 1889 to 1892 and 1894 to 1896 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to 400 in 1897/98, the peak, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1888/8912SilistraAdapazarı

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Adapazarı Adliye), stop 4 (Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi), stop 5 (Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti).

  1. Silistra (Silistre)

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Adapazarı

    First work 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  3. Adapazarı Adliye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Mülazım (adliye)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Adapazarı İstatistik Dairesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309) before it.

    Mülazım (istatistik)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Ortaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) before it.

    Sandık Emini

    350 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315400 kuruşMülazım (adliye)Mülazım (istatistik)Sandık Emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This officialMedian, all officials

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 Mehmet Cemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9325040021%
1893/9425040021%
1896/9735045036%
1897/9840040045%

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 Mehmet Cemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workAdapazarı
1888/89AH 1306Mülazım (adliye)
No annual entry: 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Mülazım (istatistik)
6 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1892/93
1892/93250
1893/94250
1893/94
1893/94250
250
No annual entry: 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Sandık Emini
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97350
1897/98400
350 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Father's occupation
Gemi kaptanı

First work

Year
1888/89 (AH 1306)

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 birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306Mülazım (adliye)Adapazarı AdliyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1892/93AH 1310Mülazım (istatistik)Adapazarı İstatistik DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1892/93AH 1310Mülazım (Düyun-ı Umumiye)Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1892/93AH 1310Muvakkat Müzayede KatibiAdapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1893/94AH 1311Muvakkat Müzayede KatibiAdapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1893/94AH 1311Muvakkat Müzayede Katibi (İstifa)Adapazarı Düyun-ı Umumiye MüdüriyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1893/94AH 1311Aşar KatibiDüyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1896/97AH 1314Sandık EminiOrtaköy Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Memuriyeti350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411; 182 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411.
1897/98AH 1315Aşar Katibiİzmit Düyun-ı Umumiye Merkez Müdüriyeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 132/411
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 Mehmet Cemal 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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