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Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1893 to 1908 (AH 1311 to 1325)

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00177_00135

The career, year by year

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

Follow 10 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)Aleppo (Halep)Raqqa (Rakka)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 10 · 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.

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

  1. 1

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Suruç kazası ve Urfa sancağı

    Not yet located on the map: Suruç kazası ve Urfa sancağı

    1. mal ve vergi kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 22

      Recorded service ending

  3. 3

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Urfa sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Urfa sancağı

    1. tahrir-i vergi kitabeti refakati (İstifa)

      Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

    2. tahrir-i vergi kitabeti vekili (İstifa)

      Calculated age 23

      Recorded service ending

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Halep vilayeti / Mara kazası / Ruç kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Halep vilayeti; Mara kazası; Ruç kazası

    1. Halep vilayeti

      vergi idaresi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

    2. Ruç kazası

      mal müdür muavini

      500 kuruşCalculated age 25

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Harran kazası

    Not yet located on the map: Harran kazası

    1. Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

  6. 6

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    Harran kazası / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Harran kazası; Location not recorded

    1. Harran kazası

      Mal Müdürü

      500 kuruşCalculated age 31

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Azil

      Calculated age 31

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1903/04 (AH 1321) · 2 recorded years

    Aleppo (Halep)

    AH entries: 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

    1. vergi bakaya kâtibi

      Calculated age 32

    2. vergi bakaya kâtibi

      Calculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

  8. 8

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Aleppo (Halep) / Urfa sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Urfa sancağı

    1. Aleppo (Halep)

      vergi bakaya kâtibi

      Calculated age 34

      Continuing service as described

    2. Urfa sancağı

      tahrir-i vergi başkâtibi

      350 kuruşCalculated age 34

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Urfa sancağı / Aleppo (Halep) / Bab kazası

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Urfa sancağı; Bab kazası

    1. Urfa sancağı

      tahrir-i vergi başkâtibi

      350 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bab kazası

      Ziraat Bankası sandığı refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 35

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Bab kazası / Raqqa (Rakka)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bab kazası

    1. Bab kazası

      Ziraat Bankası sandığı refakati

      250 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Raqqa (Rakka)

      Ziraat Bankası sandığı memuru

      400 kuruşCalculated age 36

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

5 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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
1894/95 (AH 1312)200400140 to 1,50015.5%2004
1896/97 (AH 1314)500450150 to 1,57552.8%2119
1901/02 (AH 1319)500400150 to 1,52054.4%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)500400150 to 1,50055.5%1627
1905/06 (AH 1323)350430125 to 1,50036.9%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)350450150 to 1,52537.5%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)400460135 to 1,61540.8%1290

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. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  2. Urfa sancağı3
    1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)
  3. Bab kazası2
    1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
  4. Harran kazası2
    1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)
  5. Mara kazası1
    1896/97 (AH 1314)
  6. 1907/08 (AH 1325)

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. Urfa sancağı200 to 350
  2. Bab kazası250
  3. Harran kazası500
  4. Mara kazası500
  5. Ruç kazası500

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. 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)
  2. 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)
  3. 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)
  4. 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
  5. 1896/97 (AH 1314)
  6. 1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 Sıbyan mektebi; medrese [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 392, 393, 394

    294 DH_SAİD,00177_00135

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 23 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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