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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

Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul. The first salary was 250 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1878/79 (AH 1296), with Mehmet Cemal as İmaliye Yoklamacısı (İnfisal) and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1885 and 1887 to 1891. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1885/86.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to a peak of 450 in 1897/98, when 53 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.

  1. Kırkağaç Fişenkhanesi as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)

    İmaliye Yoklamacısı (İnfisal)

    150 to 240 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Aşar Nezareti as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1887 (AH 1300 to 1304)

    No annual entry for 1881/82 (AH 1299) before it.

    Aşar Nezareti Mübeyyizi 1882/83 (AH 1300); Aşar Nezareti Üçüncü Yardımcısı 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    240 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302).

  3. Balıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1898 (AH 1309 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308) before it.

    Tahrirat Kalemi Mübeyyizi

    300 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315450 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi Mübeyyizi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 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
1878/791504007%
1879/8020040010%
1880/8124040018%
1882/8324040017%
1886/8730040028%
1891/9230040028%
1892/9340040045%
1893/9440040044%
1894/9540040044%
1895/9640040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9845040053%

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)
First work250first-salary field
1878 to 1881AH 1296 to 1298İmaliye Yoklamacısı (İnfisal)
4 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1878/79150
1879/80200
1880/81240
240
No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Aşar Nezareti Mübeyyizi240
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304Aşar Nezareti Üçüncü Yardımcısı
3 entries
YearSalary
1885/86
1885/86
1886/87300
300
1885/86AH 1303Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
1891 to 1898AH 1309 to 1315Tahrirat Kalemi Mübeyyizi
8 entries
YearSalary
1891/92300
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1897/98450
300 to 450

Record

Personal

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; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 361st highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Cemal Efendi had the 86th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296İmaliye Yoklamacısı (İnfisal)Kırkağaç FişenkhanesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1878/79AH 1296Karantina KâtibiHumbarahane Hastahanesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1879/80AH 1297Aşar Nezareti MukayyidiAşar Nezareti200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1880/81AH 1298Aşar Nezareti Üçüncü YardımcısıAşar Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1882/83AH 1300Aşar Nezareti MübeyyiziAşar Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar Nezareti Üçüncü YardımcısıAşar NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar Nezareti Üçüncü Yardımcısı (İnfisal)Aşar NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1885/86AH 1303InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1886/87AH 1304Memur YardımcısıBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi MübeyyiziBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281; 356 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281.
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak MemuruBalıkhane ve Tuz Nezareti450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 61/281
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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