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MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ

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

Born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1868/69 (AH 1285), MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ was the child of a cavalryman holding a fief (sipahi). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 19, in 1887/88, MUHAMMED TEVFİK began work in Kirkuk. The first annual entry, for 1887/88, names MUHAMMED TEVFİK as mülazım (muhasebe kalemi), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1888 to 1894. Alongside, the lists for 1894/95 give a second post, in Erbil as ağnam tadad müfettiş katibi ve kabızmal (muvakkat). The annual lists then follow MUHAMMED TEVFİK to Kifri (Salahiye) from 1895 to 1898. The last posts were in Kirkuk, the birthplace, from 1898 to 1901.

The salary went from 360 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to 607.5 in 1898/99, the peak, in Kirkuk, when 70 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1900/01.

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.

All 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1894/951895/961898/991345KirkukErbilKifri

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kerkük Muhasebe Kalemi).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1868/69 (AH 1285); First work 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Kerkük Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)

    mülazım (muhasebe kalemi) 1887/88 (AH 1305); masarifat kitabeti refakati (İstifa) 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311).

  3. Erbil

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    ağnam tadad müfettiş katibi ve kabızmal (muvakkat)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Kifri (Salahiye)

    1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

    sandık emini

    360 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)

    sandık emini

    607.5 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318607.5 kuruşsandık emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/9636040035542%
1896/9736045040039%
1897/9836040036042%
1898/99607.540036070%
1899/1900607.540045070%
1900/01607.540038570%

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 MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workKirkuk (Kerkük)
1887/88AH 1305mülazım (muhasebe kalemi)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312masarifat kitabeti refakati (İstifa)
1894/95AH 1312ağnam tadad müfettiş katibi ve kabızmal (muvakkat)
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1894/95
Erbil
1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1895/96360
1896/97360
1897/98360
1897/98
Kifri (Salahiye)360
1898 to 1901AH 1316 to 1318sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1898/99607.5
1899/1900607.5
1900/01607.5
1900/01
Kirkuk (Kerkük)607.5

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Father's occupation
Sipahi

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 22 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in the same years, 21 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 10th highest salary of them.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 178th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 66th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 48th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305mülazım (muhasebe kalemi)Kerkük Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1894/95AH 1312masarifat kitabeti refakati (İstifa)Kerkük Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1894/95AH 1312ağnam tadad müfettiş katibi ve kabızmal (muvakkat)ErbilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1894/95AH 1312ağnam tadad müfettiş katibi ve kabızmal (muvakkat) (Görevin sona ermesi)ErbilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1895/96AH 1313sandık eminiKifri (Salahiye)360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1896/97AH 1314sandık eminiKifri (Salahiye)360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1897/98AH 1315sandık eminiKifri (Salahiye)360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1897/98AH 1315sandık emini (İnfisal)Kifri (Salahiye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1898/99AH 1316sandık eminiKirkuk (Kerkük)607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1899/1900AH 1317sandık eminiKirkuk (Kerkük)607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1900/01AH 1318sandık eminiKirkuk (Kerkük)607.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
1900/01AH 1318sandık emini (İnfisal)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 DH_SAİD,00094_00096
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 MUHAMMED TEVFİK EFENDİ 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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