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Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey

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

Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299); the father's occupation was "Mekteb-i Harbiye-i Şahane Şûra-yı Muallimi, mirliva". At about 18, in 1900/01, Mehmed Cemil Süleyman began work. The annual lists begin in 1900/01, with Mehmed Cemil Süleyman as Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1902 to 1904.

Pay rose from 169.25 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 223 in 1904/05, when one in five paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)

    Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı

    169.25 to 223 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322223 kuruşTahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/02169.2540013%
1904/0522340020%

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 Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First work
1900 to 1902AH 1318 to 1319Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1900/01
1901/02
1901/02169.25
169.25
No annual entry: 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı223

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Father's occupation
Mekteb-i Harbiye-i Şahane Şûra-yı Muallimi, mirliva

First work

Year
1900/01 (AH 1318)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey had the 413th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey had the 91st highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi halifesi (Maaş kaydı)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi169.25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıTahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi223Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mehmed Cemil Süleyman Bey 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.

Subjects