SEYİT ALİ ZİHNİ EFENDİ

Born 1857/58 (AH 1274) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1872 to 1895 (AH 1289 to 1312)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00147_00046

The career, year by year

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The life

SEYİT ALİ ZİHNİ EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Schooling included Mahalli ibtidai mektebi; hususi Arabî ulûm. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). Dated career entries span 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 1894/95 (AH 1312) across 22 AH years, from Kirkuk (Kerkük) to Kifri (Salahiye), beginning with Muhasebe kalemi refiki and ending with entries for Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kirkuk (Kerkük), Mosul (Musul), Zibar and Raniye and 3 other named places.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 600 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kirkuk (Kerkük) · 1857/58 (AH 1274)^[source]
Education: Mahalli ibtidai mektebi; hususi Arabî ulûm^[source]
First work: 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kirkuk (Kerkük)^[source]
Age at first work: 15^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 50 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

22
Dated AH years: 9
Career place names: 3
Entries without a resolved year: 18
Salary years: 50 → 600
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 600
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 65.6%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Entries without a resolved year. The original calendar wording remains available without inventing an annual year.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1872/73 (AH 1289) to 1894/95 (AH 1312); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1894/95 (AH 1312).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 10 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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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.

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

1
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 15
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Muhasebe kalemi refiki
  50 kuruşCalculated age 15
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1873/74 (AH 1290) · 6 recorded years
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
AH entries: 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Muhasebe kalemi refiki
  Calculated age 16
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Muhasebe kalemi refiki
  120 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 8 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Mosul (Musul) / Zibar
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zibar
1. Mosul (Musul)
  Muhasebe kalemi merkez ve kayıt refik-i sanisi
  250 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Zibar
  Mal Müdürü
  450 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1879/80 (AH 1297) · 2 recorded years
Zibar
AH entries: 1297, 1298. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Zibar
1. Mal Müdürü
  450 kuruşCalculated age 23
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mal müdürü (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 24
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
6
1881/82 (AH 1299) · 5 recorded years
Raniye
AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Raniye
1. Mal Müdürü
  450 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Mal müdürü (Görevin sona ermesi)
  Calculated age 29
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 6 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1888/89 (AH 1306) · 4 recorded years
Şimasık
AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Şimasık
1. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli
  500 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli (Azil)
  Calculated age 35
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 5 recorded entries in this stage →
8
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Kifri (Salahiye)
1. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli
  500 kuruşCalculated age 36
  Entry & evidence →[1]
9
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Seçinar
Not yet located on the map: Seçinar
1. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli
  600 kuruşCalculated age 37
  Entry & evidence →[1]
10
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Kifri (Salahiye)
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli
  600 kuruşCalculated age 38
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli (Azil)
  Calculated age 38
  Recorded service ending
  Entry & evidence →[1]

3 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.

Çithane kâtibi (muvakkat) · Erbil · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Muhasebe memuru · Kifri (Salahiye) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Emlak-i hümayun şubesi tedad-ı ağnam kâtibi · Zummar · Undated 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

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

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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.

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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 year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1872/73 (AH 1289)	50	450	140 to 2,350	2.9%	736
1875/76 (AH 1292)	90	450	150 to 2,000	4.2%	976
1878 (AH 1295)	120	450	150 to 2,000	7.3%	1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)	450	400	150 to 2,000	51.8%	1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)	450	400	180 to 1,800	53.0%	1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)	450	400	160 to 1,500	55.3%	1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)	450	400	150 to 1,500	55.3%	1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)	450	400	150 to 1,400	55.0%	1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)	450	400	150 to 1,400	55.6%	1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)	450	400	150 to 1,500	54.7%	1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)	450	400	150 to 1,500	53.6%	1787
1888/89 (AH 1306)	500	400	135 to 1,500	55.5%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	500	400	130 to 1,500	56.1%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	500	400	125 to 1,500	56.0%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	500	400	140 to 1,600	56.1%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	500	400	135 to 1,500	56.2%	1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)	600	400	140 to 1,400	65.6%	1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)	600	400	140 to 1,500	65.6%	2004

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Kirkuk (Kerkük)7
1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1295)
Raniye5
1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303)
Şimasık4
1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309)
Zibar3
1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)
Kifri (Salahiye)2
1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312)
Mosul (Musul)1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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

Kirkuk (Kerkük)50 to 120
Raniye450
Şimasık500
Zibar450
Kifri (Salahiye)500 to 600
Mosul (Musul)250

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

Mal Müdürü8
1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303)
Emlak-i hümayun şubesi kâtib-i evveli7
1888 to 1895 (AH 1306 to 1312)
Muhasebe kalemi refiki7
1872 to 1878 (AH 1289 to 1295)
Muhasebe kalemi merkez ve kayıt refik-i sanisi1
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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

Kirkuk (Kerkük)236 other officialsABDULHAKİM EFENDİ born 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 500 kuruş
Kirkuk (Kerkük)23 other officialsABDULKERİM EFENDİ 7 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
1872/73 (AH 1289)135 other officialsMUHAMMED SALİH EFENDİ first entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 1,100 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Mahalli ibtidai mektebi; hususi Arabî ulûm^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm^[source]
Persian · Kitâbet^[source]
Turkish · Kitâbet^[source]

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code): 1 (recorded code)^[source]

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Sources and evidence

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ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 346, 347, 348
253 DH_SAİD,00147_00046

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