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Yusuf 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 Yusuf Cemal Efendi began in Antalya in 1878/79 (AH 1296). At about 16, in 1895/96, Yusuf Cemal began work. The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Yusuf Cemal as Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1909 to 1911.

The salary went from 225 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 750 in 1911, the peak, when 53 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 12 years the salaries add up to 45,900 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1911.

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. Antalya

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. Teke as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1911 (AH 1313 to 1329)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımı 1895 to 1909 (AH 1313 to 1326); Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi 1911 (AH 1329)

    225 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 15 years

    No annual entry for 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329750 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Yusuf Cemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9922540019%
1899/190022540020%
1900/0122540020%
1901/0230040029%
1902/0330040028%
1903/0430040529%
1904/0530040029%
1905/0630043029%
1906/0730045029%
1907/0830046029%
1908/0930040032%
191175060053%

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 Yusuf Cemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work
1895 to 1909AH 1313 to 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımı
18 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1898/99225
1899/1900225
1900/01225
1901/02225
1901/02300
1902/03300
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06300
1906/07300
1907/08300
1908/09300
1908/09300
300
No annual entry: 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)
1911AH 1329Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi750

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemal Efendi had the 51st highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Cemal Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeiumumi muavinliği kalemi mülâzımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAdı belirtilmeyen kaza225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAdı belirtilmeyen kaza225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAdı belirtilmeyen kaza225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiAdı belirtilmeyen kaza225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Bidayet Mahkemesi müstantık muaviniAdı belirtilmeyen kaza300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Bidayet Mahkemesi müstantık muaviniAdı belirtilmeyen kaza300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Ticaret Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiTeke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911AH 1329Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiTeke750Affiliation 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 Yusuf 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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