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Mehmed Celal 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 Mehmed Celal Efendi began in Antalya in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Mehmed Celal began work in Antalya in 1904/05, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1904/05 to 1909/10 places Mehmed Celal in the same post, Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, in Antalya, the birthplace.

The salary went from 42 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to 600 in 1909/10, the peak, in Antalya, when half the paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 11,736 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Mehmed Celal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/06424302602%
1906/071124502856%
1907/081124602507%
1908/091124002505%
1909/1060060042549%

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 Mehmed Celal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First workAntalya
1904 to 1910AH 1322 to 1327Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
14 entries
YearSalary
1904/05
1905/06
1905/0622
1905/0642
1906/0742
1906/07112
1907/08112
1908/09112
1908/09100
1908/0968
1908/09
1909/10100
1909/10200
1909/10600
Antalya600

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)
Place
Antalya

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 place, same years

Of the 38 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, 37 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celal Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celal Efendi had the 67th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Celal Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Celal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kalemi üçüncü mübeyyiziAntalya22Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci mübeyyiziAntalya42Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci mübeyyiziAntalya42Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat Kalemi birinci mübeyyiziAntalya112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1908/09AH 1326Sancak Meclis-i İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAntalya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1908/09AH 1326Sancak Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip vekiliAntalya68Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1908/09AH 1326Sancak Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip vekili (İnfisal)AntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1909/10AH 1327Sancak Meclis-i İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAntalya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci müsevvidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records904 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat Kalemi ikinci müsevvidiAntalya600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAĠD. 174/353.
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 Mehmed Celal 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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