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Official

Kasım Cemil Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Bitlis in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1902 to 1906, 4 annual entries.

Life

Kasım Cemil Efendi was born in Bitlis in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Bitlis in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 9 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitlis, with 300 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 21 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 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Bitlis
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Esnaf

Education

Rüşdiye
Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
9 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
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Place
Bitlis
First salary field (kuruş a month)
300

Career

Career of Kasım Cemil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workBitlis300first-salary field
1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06300
Bitlis300
Monthly salary, kuruş
01002003001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Kasım Cemil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1902/0330050038021%
1903/0430047535023%
1904/0530045035023%
1905/0630047533023%

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

Recorded in the same place in the same years

8 officials in all. Officials recorded in Bitlis

Same school recorded

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

Same birthplace

13 officials in all. Officials born in Bitlis

Full record

Annual entries (4)

Annual entries of Kasım Cemil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruBitlis300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract119-67-129
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruBitlis300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract119-67-129
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruBitlis300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract119-67-129
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruBitlis300Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract119-67-129
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 (14)

Recorded values of Kasım Cemil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameKasım Cemil EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1294Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacebitlisRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbitlisRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Father's occupationesnafRecovered 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)9Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1311Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1893Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeBitlisRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)300Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
What the sources named in this table are
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.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 4 annual entries of 4 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

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