MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ
Born 1870/71 (AH 1287) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1883 to 1908 (AH 1301 to 1325)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00106_00062
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)
- Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
- Ravanduz
- Akra
- Erbil
9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). Schooling included Kerkük Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1907/08 (AH 1325) across 9 AH years, from Kirkuk (Kerkük) to Ravanduz, beginning with Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Tahrirat Kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kirkuk (Kerkük), Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak), Ravanduz and Akra and 1 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 304 kuruş in 1901/02 (AH 1319) to 304 kuruş in 1907/08 (AH 1325); the highest recorded monthly rate is 324 kuruş in 1906/07 (AH 1324). [1]
Life and career
Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 8 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 14
3 Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 15
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
Continuing service as described
4 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Kirkuk (Kerkük) / Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)
Calculated age 18
Recorded service ending
Tahrirat Kâtibi
Calculated age 18
5 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Ravanduz
Not yet located on the map: Ravanduz
Tahrirat Kâtibi
304 kuruşCalculated age 32
6 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Akra
Not yet located on the map: Akra
Tahrirat Kâtibi
273 kuruşCalculated age 36
7 1906/07 (AH 1324)
Erbil
Tahrirat Kâtibi
324 kuruşCalculated age 37
8 1907/08 (AH 1325)
Ravanduz
Not yet located on the map: Ravanduz
Tahrirat Kâtibi
304 kuruşCalculated age 38
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Tahrirat Kâtibi · Raniye · Undated · 274 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 304 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 36.8% | 1666 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 273 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 28.8% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 324 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 36.7% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 304 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 36.3% | 1290 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Ravanduz304
- Akra273
- Erbil324
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)236 other officialsMUHAMMET SALİH EFENDİ born 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)32 other officialsMUHAMMED SIDIK EFENDİ 5 shared years; highest salary 1,750 kuruş
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsMHAMMETU SIDIK EFENDİ first entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 230 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
- Arabic
- tefehhüm [source]
- Persian
- kitâbet ve tekellüm [source]
- Turkish
- kitâbet ve tekellüm [source]
- Qualification
- Formal qualification recorded [source]birinci derece şahadetname [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
- Education
- Kerkük Rüşdiyesi [source]
- Education level equivalent
- 7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Kerkük [source]
- First work year
- 1883/84 (AH 1301) [source]
- Apprenticeship
- 4 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 161, 162
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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