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KASİM ŞAFİK 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

KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ was born in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Kerkük Sancağı Düyun-ı Umumiye başkâtibi". At about 14, in 1894/95, KASİM ŞAFİK began work, on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with KASİM ŞAFİK as Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı) and no place named.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 320 in 1902/03, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1902/03.

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.

  1. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1903 (AH 1312 to 1320)

    Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)

    80 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320320 kuruşMülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officials

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 KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/95804003%
1902/0332040038%

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 KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First work80first-salary field
1894 to 1903AH 1312 to 1320Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)
10 entries
YearSalary
1894/9580
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1902/03320
80 to 320

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Father's occupation
Kerkük Sancağı Düyun-ı Umumiye başkâtibi

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 birthplace

Of the 26 officials born in Baghdad (Bağdat), 24 have a recorded salary; KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Baghdad (Bağdat), with the 26 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ had the 113th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of KASİM ŞAFİK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1895/96AH 1313Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1896/97AH 1314Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1897/98AH 1315Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1898/99AH 1316Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1899/1900AH 1317Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1900/01AH 1318Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1901/02AH 1319Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1902/03AH 1320Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
1902/03AH 1320Mülazım (İkinci Redif Kısmı), dördüncü sınıfAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records179 DH_SAİD,00119_00024
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 KASİM ŞAFİK 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.

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