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Kemal 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

Kemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Maliye Hazinesi Varidat Muhasebesi kâtibi". At about 21, in 1897/98, Kemal began work. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Kemal as Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı görevlisi and no place named. The lists give Infisal for 1909/10 instead of a title.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 720 in 1907/08, the peak, when 68 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1897 to 1910 (AH 1315 to 1327)

    Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı görevlisi 1897 to 1910 (AH 1315 to 1327); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    400 to 720 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327720 kuruşEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Kemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9940040044%
1899/190040040044%
1900/0145040052%
1901/0245040051%
1902/0350040055%
1903/0450040553%
1904/0550040055%
1905/0662043068%
1906/0762045066%
1907/0872046068%
1908/0972040068%
1909/1072060058%

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 Kemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First work
1897 to 1910AH 1315 to 1327Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı görevlisi
18 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1900/01450
1901/02450
1902/03450
1902/03500
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1905/06620
1906/07620
1907/08620
1907/08720
1908/09720
1909/10720
720
1909/10AH 1327Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Father's occupation
Maliye Hazinesi Varidat Muhasebesi kâtibi

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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; Kemal Efendi had the 293rd 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 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Kemal Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Kemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı görevlisiEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1898/99AH 1316İane Sergi-i Askerî (…) memuruİane Sergi-i Askerî (…)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1898/99AH 1316Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1899/1900AH 1317Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1900/01AH 1318Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1900/01AH 1318Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1901/02AH 1319Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1902/03AH 1320Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1902/03AH 1320Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1903/04AH 1321Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1904/05AH 1322Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1905/06AH 1323Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1905/06AH 1323Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı620Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1906/07AH 1324Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı620Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1907/08AH 1325Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı620Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1907/08AH 1325Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1908/09AH 1326Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1909/10AH 1327Mühendis kâtibi ve muaviniEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
1909/10AH 1327InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1067
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 Kemal 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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