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MUHEMMET EMİN 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 1845/46 (AH 1262), MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hatip". MUHEMMET EMİN began work in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1866/67, at about 20, on a first salary of 70 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1866/67, with MUHEMMET EMİN as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı/katibi and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1869 to 1872 give a second post, in Baghdad as Mektubi kalemi katibi. Next came Necid in 1874/75, then a post with no place named from 1875 to 1892. Alongside, the lists for 1891 to 1905 give a second post, in Baghdad as Defter-i Hakani müdürü. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1869/70 and Azil (dismissal) for 1904/05.

The salary went from 70 kuruş a month in 1866/67 to 3,000 in 1891/92, the peak, in Baghdad, when 96 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 35 years the salaries add up to 656,040 kuruş, 3.8 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. Pay rose to 42.9 times the first salary; fewer than 5 per cent of the 2,724 officials paid for ten years or more rose as far. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 8 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1866/671869/701874/751891/9212468KirkukBaghdadNecid

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi), stop 5 (Necid Fırka-i Askeriyesi), stop 7 (İstanbul Defter-i Hakani).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1845/46 (AH 1262)

  2. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    First work 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  3. Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1866 to 1870 (AH 1283 to 1286)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı/katibi 1866 to 1870 (AH 1283 to 1286); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1869/70 (AH 1286)

    70 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

    Mektubi kalemi katibi

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Necid Fırka-i Askeriyesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Fırka tahrirat katibi

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Necid

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    No annual entry for 1873/74 (AH 1290) before it.

    Sancak tahrirat müdürü (İstifa)

    entries in 1 year

  7. İstanbul Defter-i Hakani as worded, no place record not on the map

    1875 to 1892 (AH 1292 to 1309)

    Emlak kalemi memuru

    500 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

  8. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    1891 to 1905 (AH 1309 to 1322)

    Defter-i Hakani müdürü 1891 to 1905 (AH 1309 to 1322); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1904/05 (AH 1322)

    2,700 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01,0002,0003,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13223,000 kuruşEmlak kalemi memuruDefter-i Hakani müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0005,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1866/67704004%
1867/6820045814%
1869/7030040070031%
1870/7130040070030%
1871/72500420.560054%
1872/731,50045084%
1875/7650045054%
1876/7750042055%
1877/7850045054%
187870045070%
1880/8161040073%
1881/8261040072%
1882/8361040072%
1883/8473040076%
1884/851,00040080%
1885/861,00040080%
1886/871,00040080%
1887/881,00040078%
1888/891,12040083%
1889/901,12040084%
1890/911,20040083%
1891/923,00040042596%
1892/933,00040050096%
1893/943,00040072096%
1894/953,00040055096%
1895/963,00040076095%
1896/973,0004501,20096%
1897/982,70040066296%
1898/992,700400576.595%
1899/19002,7004001,36096%
1900/012,70040072096%
1901/022,70040096%
1902/032,70040030096%
1903/042,70040571596%
1904/052,70040054096%

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 MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workBaghdad (Bağdat)70first-salary field
1866 to 1870AH 1283 to 1286Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı/katibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1866/6770
1867/68200
1868/69
1869/70
70
1869/70AH 1286Infisala note on status, not a job
1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288Mektubi kalemi katibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1869/70300
1870/71300
1871/72300
1871/72500
Baghdad (Bağdat)300 to 500
1872/73AH 1289Fırka tahrirat katibi1,500
No annual entry: 1873/74 (AH 1290)
1874/75AH 1291Sancak tahrirat müdürü (İstifa)Necid
1875 to 1892AH 1292 to 1309Emlak kalemi memuru
32 entries
YearSalary
1875/76500
1876/77500
1877/78500
1878500
1878700
1878/79
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1880/81610
1881/82610
1882/83610
1883/84610
1883/84640
1883/84640
1883/84730
1884/85730
1884/85830
1884/85900
1884/851,000
1885/861,000
1886/871,000
1887/881,000
1888/891,000
1888/891,050
1888/891,090
1888/891,120
1889/901,120
1890/911,120
1890/911,158.5
1890/911,200
1891/921,200
500 to 1,200
1891 to 1905AH 1309 to 1322Defter-i Hakani müdürü
15 entries
YearSalary
1891/923,000
1892/933,000
1893/943,000
1894/953,000
1895/963,000
1896/973,000
1896/972,700
1897/982,700
1898/992,700
1899/19002,700
1900/012,700
1901/022,700
1902/032,700
1903/042,700
1904/052,700
Baghdad (Bağdat)3,000 to 2,700
1904/05AH 1322Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1845/46 (AH 1262)
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Hatip

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)

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 57 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, 55 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 119 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ had the 4th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHEMMET EMİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı/katibiAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1867/68AH 1284Tahrirat kalemi katibiAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1868/69AH 1285Tahrirat kalemi katibiAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1869/70AH 1286Tahrirat kalemi katibiAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1869/70AH 1286InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1869/70AH 1286Mektubi kalemi katibiBaghdad (Bağdat)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1870/71AH 1287Mektubi kalemi katibiBaghdad (Bağdat)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1871/72AH 1288Mektubi kalemi katibiBaghdad (Bağdat)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1871/72AH 1288Mektubi kalemi katibiBaghdad (Bağdat)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1872/73AH 1289Fırka tahrirat katibiNecid Fırka-i Askeriyesi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1874/75AH 1291Sancak tahrirat müdürü (İstifa)NecidAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1875/76AH 1292Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i Hakani500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1876/77AH 1293Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i Hakani500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1877/78AH 1294Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i Hakani500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1878AH 1295Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i Hakani500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1878AH 1295Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i Hakani700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1878/79AH 1296Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i HakaniAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1878/79AH 1296Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i HakaniAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1879/80AH 1297Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i HakaniAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1880/81AH 1298Emlak kalemi memuruİstanbul Defter-i HakaniAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1880/81AH 1298Tapu kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Defter-i Hakani610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1881/82AH 1299Tapu kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Defter-i Hakani610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1882/83AH 1300Tapu kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Defter-i Hakani610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1883/84AH 1301Tapu kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Defter-i Hakani610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1883/84AH 1301Tapu kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Defter-i Hakani640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1883/84AH 1301Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1883/84AH 1301Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti730Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1884/85AH 1302Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti730Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1884/85AH 1302Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti830Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1884/85AH 1302Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1884/85AH 1302Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1885/86AH 1303Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1886/87AH 1304Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1887/88AH 1305Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1888/89AH 1306Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1888/89AH 1306Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1888/89AH 1306Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,090Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1888/89AH 1306Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1889/90AH 1307Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1890/91AH 1308Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1890/91AH 1308Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,158.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1890/91AH 1308Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1891/92AH 1309Taşra senedat kalemi başkatip muaviniİstanbul Vergi Emaneti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1891/92AH 1309Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1892/93AH 1310Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1893/94AH 1311Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1894/95AH 1312Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1895/96AH 1313Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1896/97AH 1314Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1896/97AH 1314Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1897/98AH 1315Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1898/99AH 1316Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1899/1900AH 1317Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1900/01AH 1318Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1901/02AH 1319Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1902/03AH 1320Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1903/04AH 1321Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1904/05AH 1322Defter-i Hakani müdürüBaghdad (Bağdat)2,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
1904/05AH 1322AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 DH_SAİD,00006_00270
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 MUHEMMET EMİN 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.

Subjects