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MUHAMMED HORŞİD BEG

Born 1852/53 (AH 1269) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1871 to 1901 (AH 1288 to 1318)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00100_00117

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 13 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.

1Kirkuk (Kerkük)ErbilZakho (Zaho)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 13 · 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.

6 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1852/53 (AH 1269)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Kerkük sancağı muhasebe kalemi / Kirkuk (Kerkük) / Raniye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kerkük sancağı muhasebe kalemi; Raniye

    1. Kerkük sancağı muhasebe kalemi

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Raniye

      Nüfus kâtibi (İstifa)

      Calculated age 19

      Recorded service ending

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 2 recorded years

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    AH entries: 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Nüfus mukayyidi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 25

    2. Nüfus mukayyidi (İstifa)

      Calculated age 26

      Recorded service ending

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1879/80 (AH 1297) · 3 recorded years

    Erbil

    AH entries: 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Aşar kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 28

    2. Aşar kâtibi (Azil)

      Calculated age 30

      Recorded service ending

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years

    Kerkük merkez kazası

    AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kerkük merkez kazası

    1. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 32

    2. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Kerkük merkez kazası / Baziyan

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kerkük merkez kazası; Baziyan

    1. Kerkük merkez kazası

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Baziyan

      Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 35

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Baziyan

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Baziyan

    1. Mal Müdürü

      450 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 36

      Recorded service ending

  8. 8

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Ravanduz

    Not yet located on the map: Ravanduz

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 37

  9. 9

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Ravanduz / Zakho (Zaho)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ravanduz

    1. Ravanduz

      Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    2. Zakho (Zaho)

      Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 38

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1890/91 (AH 1308) · 4 recorded years

    Zakho (Zaho)

    AH entries: 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Zakho (Zaho) / Duhok

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Duhok

    1. Zakho (Zaho)

      Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Duhok

      Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 43

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  12. 12

    1895/96 (AH 1313) · 3 recorded years

    Duhok

    AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Duhok

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mal müdürü (Azil)

      Calculated age 46

      Recorded service ending

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years

    Duhok

    AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Duhok

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 48

    2. Mal müdürü (Azil)

      Calculated age 49

      Recorded service ending

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1871/72 (AH 1288)190420.5125 to 2,37514.9%712
1877/78 (AH 1294)150450150 to 1,8009.8%1160
1878 (AH 1295)150450150 to 2,0009.5%1196
1879/80 (AH 1297)400400180 to 1,80044.2%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)400400160 to 1,50047.0%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)400400150 to 1,50046.6%1489
1883/84 (AH 1301)450400150 to 1,40055.6%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)450400150 to 1,50054.7%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)450400150 to 1,50053.6%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)450400150 to 1,50053.5%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)450400150 to 1,50051.2%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)500400135 to 1,50055.5%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)500400130 to 1,50056.1%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)500400125 to 1,50056.0%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)500400140 to 1,60056.1%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)500400135 to 1,50056.2%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)500400140 to 1,40055.4%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)500400140 to 1,50055.4%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)500400140 to 1,50055.1%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)500450150 to 1,57552.8%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)500400140 to 1,42556.9%1891
1899/1900 (AH 1317)500400140 to 1,44055.3%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)500400140 to 1,50055.5%1761

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select 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 entries
  1. Duhok6
    1894 to 1901 (AH 1312 to 1318)
  2. 1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)
  3. Kerkük merkez kazası4
    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
  4. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  5. 1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1295)
  6. Baziyan2
    1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)

The six most recorded places. Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Duhok500
  2. Kerkük merkez kazası450
  3. Baziyan450

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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 title
  1. 1883 to 1901 (AH 1301 to 1318)
  2. 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
  3. 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
  4. 1871/72 (AH 1288)
  5. 1871/72 (AH 1288)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Mekâtib-i adiye [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Persian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 269, 270, 271, 272

    215 DH_SAİD,00100_00117

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 23 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 37 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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