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Official

Kamil Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Elbasan (İlbasan) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). On record 1881 to 1907, 22 annual entries.

Archive reference 0062_0063; 123

Life

Kamil Efendi was born in Elbasan (İlbasan) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mount Athos (Aynaroz) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Musillik in Mount Athos, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 150 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Musillik in Mount Athos). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Resen (Resne), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Resen). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 600 to 300 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Mitrovica). No annual entry is recorded for 1883 to 1885 and 1903 to 1905.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 3. Müdür. 67 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 22 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 135 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.81 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
No

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

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
150

Legal records

Legal record note as worded
Devamsızlık / Mumaileyhin bâlâda muharrer olduğu üzere Mitroviçe Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayini tarihinden beri mahall-i memuriyetine gitmesi hakkında mükerrer vaki olan tebligata keyifsiz bulunduğundan tahvil-i memuriyet etmek fikriyle gidemeyeceğini ifade eylemekle bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Muharreminin üçünde 19 Mart sene 1319 Nezaret İntihab-ı Memurin Komisyonu'nun kararıyla açığa çıkarıldığı salifü'l-beyan Sicil Şubesi'nin 10 Ramazan sene 1321 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir.; Devamsızlık
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
1323; 1324

Career

Career of Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workMount Athos (Aynaroz)150first-salary field
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Musillik
2 entries
YearSalary
1881/82150
1882/83150
Mount Athos (Aynaroz)150
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885 to 1895AH 1303 to 1312Muhabere Memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1885/86285
1886/87285
1887/88285
1888/89380
1889/90380
1890/91380
1891/92380
1892/93380
1893/94380
1894/95380
Thessaloniki (Selanik)285 to 380
1895 to 1902AH 1313 to 1319Muhabere Memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1895/96500
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1901/02500
Resen (Resne)500
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürMitrovica (Mitroviça)600
No annual entry: 1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06300
1906/07300
Thessaloniki (Selanik)300
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entry02004006001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This 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 Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1881/821505002%
1882/831505002%
1885/862855004009%
1886/872855004009%
1887/882855004009%
1888/8938050040021%
1889/9038050040021%
1890/9138050040022%
1891/9238050040024%
1892/9338050040024%
1893/9438050040025%
1894/9538050040026%
1895/9650050040047%
1896/9750050040049%
1897/9850050040049%
1898/9950050040048%
1899/190050050040047%
1900/0150050040047%
1901/0250050040049%
1902/0360050054067%
1905/0630047533023%
1906/0730045030025%

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

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
ElbasanThessalonikiMount AthosResenMitrovica

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

186 officials in all. Officials recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

Officials born in Elbasan (İlbasan)

Full record

Annual entries (22)

Annual entries of Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299MusillikMount Athos (Aynaroz)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1882/83AH 1300MusillikMount Athos (Aynaroz)150Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1885/86AH 1303Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1886/87AH 1304Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1887/88AH 1305Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)285Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1888/89AH 1306Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1889/90AH 1307Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1890/91AH 1308Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1891/92AH 1309Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1893/94AH 1311Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1895/96AH 1313Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1896/97AH 1314Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1897/98AH 1315Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1898/99AH 1316Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1899/1900AH 1317Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruResen (Resne)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1902/03AH 13203. MüdürMitrovica (Mitroviça)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruThessaloniki (Selanik)300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract0062_0063; 123
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (16)

Recorded values of Kamil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameKamil EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1279Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplaceilbasanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthmanastirRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolRusdiye MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling7Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1299Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1882Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeAynarozRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)150Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Legal records
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık / Mumaileyhin bâlâda muharrer olduğu üzere Mitroviçe Merkezi Müdüriyeti'ne tayini tarihinden beri mahall-i memuriyetine gitmesi hakkında mükerrer vaki olan tebligata keyifsiz bulunduğundan tahvil-i memuriyet etmek fikriyle gidemeyeceğini ifade eylemekle bin üç yüz yirmi bir senesi Muharreminin üçünde 19 Mart sene 1319 Nezaret İntihab-ı Memurin Komisyonu'nun kararıyla açığa çıkarıldığı salifü'l-beyan Sicil Şubesi'nin 10 Ramazan sene 1321 tarihli vukuat pusulasında gösterilmiştir. used on this pageLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Legal record note as wordedDevamsızlık other valueLegal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy)
Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records1323; 1324Later annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
Legal notes (later workbook copy)
A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
Later annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 21 annual entries of 22 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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