Mehmed Cemil 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 Mehmed Cemil Efendi began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1866/67 (AH 1283); the father's occupation was "Basra Rüsumat Müdürlüğü transit müdürü". Work began in Al-Shatrah (Şatra) in 1885/86, at about 19, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1885/86, to 1893/94, every annual entry places Mehmed Cemil in the same post, Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi, in Al-Shatrah.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 300 in 1893/94, in Al-Shatrah, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings2 years with a salary; 63 per cent of the pay of an official on the median salary: 6,000 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 2 years: Bottom 21%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Basra province, mean of 2 years: Bottom 9%
Average salarya month (3,000 a year); median 250: 250 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1893/94: 300 kuruş
Years on record1885 to 1894, 2 with an entry: 9
Placesof the annual entries; 0 job titles held: 1
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1885/86: 200 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 5.2%
Age at first workabout 19 at the first annual entry: About 19
Salary at first worka month, first-salary field of the record: 200 kuruş
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1893/94: Above 27%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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 2 stops

birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Baghdad (Bağdat)
Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Al-Shatrah (Şatra)
First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1894 (AH 1303 to 1311)
Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi 1885/86 (AH 1303); Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi kâtibi 1893/94 (AH 1311)
200 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
No annual entry for 1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310).

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1885/86	200	400		600	13%
1893/94	300	400		360	27%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303	First work	Al-Shatrah (Şatra)	200first-salary field
1885/86AH 1303	Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi	Al-Shatrah (Şatra)	200
No annual entry: 1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311	Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi kâtibi	Al-Shatrah (Şatra)	300

Record

Personal

Born: 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace: Baghdad (Bağdat)
Father's occupation: Basra Rüsumat Müdürlüğü transit müdürü

First work

Year: 1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place: Al-Shatrah (Şatra)

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 place, same years

Of the 4 officials with entries in Al-Shatrah (Şatra) in the same years, Mehmed Cemil Efendi had the lowest salary.

Mehmed Faik Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş
ABDULRAZZAK ŞEKİP EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş
ABDURRAZAAK EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 400 kuruş

All 9 officials with entries in Al-Shatrah (Şatra)

Same birthplace

Of the 26 officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat), 24 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemil Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.

İbrahim Hilmi Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 500 kuruş
İbrahim Rüşdü Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
Abdülvahab Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 290 kuruş
Mehmed Rüştü Reşid Beyborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
SEYİT MUHAMMET EFENDİborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 250 kuruş

The page of Baghdad (Bağdat), with the 26 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemil Efendi had the 114th highest salary of them.

Ali Örfi Efendifirst entry in Drama; highest salary 350 kuruş
Artin Ayvazyan Efendifirst entry in Galata; highest salary 550 kuruş
Dikran Efendifirst annual entry 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 5,000 kuruş
Hasan Hüsnü Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 450 kuruş
Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst entry in Vushtrri (Vulçıtrın); highest salary 1,000 kuruş

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cemil Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1885/86AH 1303	Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi	Al-Shatrah (Şatra)	200	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.721
1893/94AH 1311	Arazi-i Seniyye İdaresi kâtibi	Al-Shatrah (Şatra)	300	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.721

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 Efendi with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source