KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ
Born 1880/81 (AH 1298) · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Dated entries 1894 to 1903 (AH 1312 to 1320)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00119_00024
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
9 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The father’s occupation was Kerkük Sancağı Düyun-ı Umumiye başkâtibi. Schooling included Mekteb-i İbtidai. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi in 1894/95 (AH 1312). Dated career entries span 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 1902/03 (AH 1320) across 9 AH years, from Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi to Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi, beginning with Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı). More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi. [1]
Monthly pay went from 80 kuruş in 1894/95 (AH 1312) to 320 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320); the highest recorded monthly rate is 320 kuruş in 1902/03 (AH 1320). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 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.
Stage 1 of 3 · Baghdad (Bağdat)
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Baghdad (Bağdat)
Birth
2 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 14
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
80 kuruşCalculated age 14
3 1895/96 (AH 1313) · 8 recorded years
Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
AH entries: 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 15
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 17
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 21
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Calculated age 22
Continuing service as described
Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı), dördüncü sınıf
320 kuruşCalculated age 22
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 80 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 3.6% | 2004 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.4% | 1627 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi80 to 320
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 titleThe 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
- Baghdad (Bağdat)25 other officialsİbrahim Efendi born 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 150 kuruş
- 1894/95 (AH 1312)224 other officialsMehmed Rağıb Efendi first annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 400 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 14 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi [source]
- First-salary field
- 80 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1894/95 (AH 1312) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 196, 197
179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
Read the original source accounts · 10 source entries →
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 · 9 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 10 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.