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MUHEMMED SELİM 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

MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). Work began in Kirkuk in 1883/84, at about 14. The first annual entry, for 1883/84, places MUHEMMED SELİM in Kirkuk, the birthplace, as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1887/88. For 1888 to 1901 the lists have no entry. At the same time, from 1887/88, the lists also place MUHEMMED SELİM in Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak) as Tahrirat Kâtibi. MUHEMMED SELİM then moved to a post with no place named from 1901 to 1906, then Erbil in 1906/07. The lists have no entry for 1902 to 1905. The last entry, for 1907/08, names MUHEMMED SELİM as Tahrirat Kâtibi, with no place.

The salary went from 304 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to 324 in 1906/07, the peak, in Erbil, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 14,460 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/881906/07125KirkukKoy SanjaqErbil

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Ravanduz), stop 4 (Akra), stop 6 (Ravanduz).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287); First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1883 to 1888 (AH 1301 to 1305)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 5 years

  2. Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Ravanduz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1901 (AH 1306 to 1318) before it.

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    304 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Akra as worded, no place record not on the map

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322) before it.

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    273 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Erbil

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    324 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Ravanduz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    304 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324324 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTahrirat Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/0230440036%
1905/0627343028%
1906/0732445035236%
1907/0830446036%

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 MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workKirkuk (Kerkük)
1883 to 1888AH 1301 to 1305Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat KâtibiKoy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1901 (AH 1306 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Kâtibi304
No annual entry: 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kâtibi273
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat KâtibiErbil324
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat Kâtibi304

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 33 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in the same years, MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ had the 24th highest salary.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ had the 146th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ had the 139th highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHEMMED SELİM EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1884/85AH 1302Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1886/87AH 1304Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat KâtibiKoy Sanjaq (Köysancak)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat KâtibiRavanduz304Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat KâtibiAkra273Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat KâtibiErbil324Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat KâtibiRavanduz304Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records155 DH_SAİD,00106_00062
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 MUHEMMED SELİM 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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