Mehmed Kemal Efendi

Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Mecca (Mekke) · Dated entries 1883 to 1904 (AH 1301 to 1321)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 125/9, s. 9

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The life

Mehmed Kemal Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The father’s occupation was Mekke İmareti eski divan kâtibi. Schooling included İbtidai mektepleri; özel öğretmen; Fatih Askerî Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1903/04 (AH 1321) across 21 AH years, from Mecca (Mekke) to Emlec, beginning with Mekke İmareti Arabî kâtibi and ending with entries for Emlec nahiyesi müdürü. More than one post or place appears in 6 of those years. Place names include Mecca (Mekke), El-Vech, Ala and Ziba and 1 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 273 kuruş in 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 750 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Mecca (Mekke) · 1867/68 (AH 1284)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Mekke İmareti eski divan kâtibi^[source]
Education: İbtidai mektepleri; özel öğretmen; Fatih Askerî Rüşdiyesi^[source]
First work: 1883/84 (AH 1301) · Mecca (Mekke)^[source]
Age at first work: 17^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 273 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

21
Dated AH years: 5
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 19
Salary years: 273 → 750
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 1,000
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 75.1%
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. 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1903/04 (AH 1321); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1903/04 (AH 1321).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 13 · Mecca (Mekke)

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1
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Mecca (Mekke)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Mecca (Mekke)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 17
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Mekke İmareti Arabî kâtibi
  273 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years
Mecca (Mekke)
AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Mekke İmareti Arabî kâtibi
  273 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mekke İmareti divan kitâbeti muavini
  600 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Mecca (Mekke) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Mecca (Mekke)
  Mekke İmareti divan kitâbeti muavini
  600 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1887/88 (AH 1305) · 2 recorded years
Place not recorded
AH entries: 1305, 1306. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
1. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Place not recorded / El-Vech
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; El-Vech
1. Place not recorded
  Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi görevlisi (İnfisal)
  Calculated age 23
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1890/91 (AH 1308)
El-Vech
Not yet located on the map: El-Vech
1. El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 24
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1891/92 (AH 1309)
El-Vech / Ala
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: El-Vech; Ala
1. El-Vech
  El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ala
  Hurma zekâtı tahsil memuru
  Calculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1892/93 (AH 1310) · 2 recorded years
El-Vech
AH entries: 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: El-Vech
1. El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 27
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1894/95 (AH 1312)
El-Vech / Ziba
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: El-Vech; Ziba
1. El-Vech
  El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi
  800 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ziba
  Ziba nahiyesi müdürü
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 28
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
11
1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3 recorded years
Ziba
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Ziba
1. Ziba nahiyesi müdürü
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 29
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Ziba nahiyesi müdürü
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
12
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Ziba / Emlec
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ziba; Emlec
1. Ziba
  Ziba nahiyesi müdürü
  1,000 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlec
  Emlec nahiyesi müdürü
  750 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
13
1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 5 recorded years
Emlec
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Emlec
1. Emlec nahiyesi müdürü
  750 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlec nahiyesi müdürü (Azil)
  Calculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

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.

Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi görevlisi · Undated · 100 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Mazuliyet · Undated · 550 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Mazuliyet · Undated · 750 kuruş 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

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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
1883/84 (AH 1301)	273	400	150 to 1,400	27.2%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	273	400	150 to 1,500	26.8%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)	600	400	150 to 1,500	66.1%	1725
1889/90 (AH 1307)	800	400	130 to 1,500	77.5%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	800	400	125 to 1,500	76.2%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	800	400	140 to 1,600	75.5%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	800	400	135 to 1,500	76.7%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	800	400	140 to 1,400	77.3%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	1,000	400	140 to 1,500	80.7%	2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)	1,000	400	140 to 1,500	80.4%	1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)	1,000	450	150 to 1,575	79.4%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	1,000	400	140 to 1,425	83.6%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1,000	400	144 to 1,400	83.1%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	750	400	140 to 1,440	76.3%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	750	400	140 to 1,500	76.5%	1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)	750	400	150 to 1,520	74.7%	1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)	750	400	150 to 1,500	75.6%	1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)	750	405	150 to 1,450	75.1%	1578

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

El-Vech6
1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)
Emlec6
1898 to 1904 (AH 1316 to 1321)
Ziba5
1894 to 1899 (AH 1312 to 1316)
Mecca (Mekke)4
1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
Ala1
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

El-Vech800
Emlec750
Ziba1,000
Mecca (Mekke)273 to 600

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

El-Vech kazası tahrirat kâtibi6
1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)
Emlec nahiyesi müdürü6
1898 to 1904 (AH 1316 to 1321)
Ziba nahiyesi müdürü5
1894 to 1899 (AH 1312 to 1316)
Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı4
1886 to 1890 (AH 1304 to 1307)
Mekke İmareti Arabî kâtibi3
1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
Mekke İmareti divan kitâbeti muavini2
1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)

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Related officials in the salary reference

Mecca (Mekke)116 other officialsĠsmail Safa Efendi born 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 800 kuruş
Mecca (Mekke)7 other officialsHacı Mustafa Nuri Efendi 3 shared years; highest salary 1,935 kuruş
1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsAli Rıza Efendi first annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 400 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling İbtidai mektepleri; özel öğretmen; Fatih Askerî Rüşdiyesi^[source]

Qualification Fatih Askerî Rüşdiyesinden şehâdetnâme alamadı^[1]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Persian · Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicil-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Osmanlı Devletinde görev yapan hicazlı devlet memurları
BEYHAN KACIROĞLU · 2021 · Pages 196, 197, 198
258 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 125/9, s. 9.

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