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Official

Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Antalya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). On record 1876 to 1886, 11 annual entries.

Life

Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi was born in Antalya in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muderris.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows DH 2. Kitabeti, with 235 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows DH Baskitabeti, the salary going from 188 to 380 kuruş a month (before: DH 2. Kitabeti).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as DH Baskitabeti. 19 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 188 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 192 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.92 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Birthplace
Antalya
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Muderris

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

First job as worded
Defteri Hakani Kalemi
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
235

Career

Career of Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876 to 1885AH 1293 to 1302DH 2. Kitabeti
10 entries
YearSalary
1876/77235
1877/78235
1878235
1878/79235
1879/80188
1880/81188
1881/82188
1882/83188
1883/84188
1884/85188
235 to 188
1885/86AH 1303DH Baskitabeti380
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003004001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302380 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1876/77235582.57%
1877/782355606%
18782356005%
1878/792356007%
1879/801885005%
1880/811885004%
1881/821885004%
1882/831885003%
1883/841885003%
1884/851885003%
1885/8638050038019%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.

Recorded with

Same school recorded

3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Antalya

Full record

Annual entries (11)

Annual entries of Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293DH 2. KitabetiTeke235Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1877/78AH 1294DH 2. KitabetiTeke235Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1878AH 1295DH 2. KitabetiTeke235Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1878/79AH 1296DH 2. KitabetiTeke235Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1879/80AH 1297DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1880/81AH 1298DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1881/82AH 1299DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1882/83AH 1300DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1883/84AH 1301DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1884/85AH 1302DH 2. KitabetiTeke188Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
1885/86AH 1303DH BaskitabetiTeke380Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani)Cross-ministry personnel workbook5_414; 825
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.

Sources and original values (12)

Recorded values of Hafiz Mehmet Celalettin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameHafiz Mehmet Celalettin EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1273Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceAntalyaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Father's occupationMuderrisCross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanCross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishCross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling7Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1292Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedDefteri Hakani KalemiCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)235Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
  • Origin of the record: Cross-ministry workbook.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.