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Mehmed Cemal 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 Cemal Efendi began in Antakya in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the father's occupation was "Rüsumat Başkâtibi". At about 18, in 1886/87, Mehmed Cemal began work in Antakya. Every annual entry from 1886/87 to 1907/08 places Mehmed Cemal in the same post, Tapu Kalemi stajyeri, in Antakya, the birthplace. Fewer than 5 per cent of the 2,755 officials whose entries span 20 years or more stayed in one place throughout.

The one salary in the lists is 500 kuruş a month, for 1907/08, when half the paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324500 kuruş

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 Cemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First workAntakya
1886/87AH 1304Tapu Kalemi stajyeriAntakya
No annual entry: 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Tapu KâtibiAntakya
No annual entry: 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Tapu Kâtibi (Azil)Antakya
No annual entry: 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)
1907/08AH 1325Tapu KâtibiAntakya500

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Antakya
Father's occupation
Rüsumat Başkâtibi

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Place
Antakya

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 20 officials with entries in Antakya in the same years, Mehmed Cemal Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 71 officials with entries in Antakya

Same birthplace

Of the 78 officials born in Antakya, 76 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemal Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.

The page of Antakya, with the 78 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cemal Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304Tapu Kalemi stajyeriAntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Tapu KâtibiAntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Tapu Kâtibi (Azil)AntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Tapu KâtibiAntakya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Cemal 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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