MUHAMMED BEHCED EFENDİ
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1890 to 1911 (AH 1308 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00086_00004
The career, year by year
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The life
MUHAMMED BEHCED EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The father’s occupation was Amare bidayet mahkemesi müddei-i umumi muavini. Schooling included İbtidai ve Muntefik Rüşdiye Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Muntefik in 1890/91 (AH 1308). Dated career entries span 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 13 AH years, from Muntefik to Basra, beginning with tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi and ending with entries for Dicle şubesi memuru. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Muntefik, Amara and Basra. [1]
Monthly pay went from 200 kuruş in 1890/91 (AH 1308) to 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
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Stage 1 of 6 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)
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1 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Birth
2 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Muntefik
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Muntefik
First work as recorded
Calculated age 19
tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi
125 kuruşCalculated age 19
3 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 4 recorded years
Muntefik
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Muntefik
tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi
125 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi (İstifa)
Calculated age 23
Recorded service ending
4 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Amara
Not yet located on the map: Amara
Ahzar mukataası kâtibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 25
5 1900/01 (AH 1318) · 6 recorded years
Amara
AH entries: 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Amara
komisyon tahrirat refik-i sanisi
500 kuruşCalculated age 29
komisyon tahrirat refik-i sanisi
550 kuruşCalculated age 34
6 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Basra
Dicle şubesi memuru
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 39
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
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How the comparison is calculated
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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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| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 200 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 15.7% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 10.5% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 27.9% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 28.5% | 2004 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 300 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 26.4% | 2119 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1761 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 550 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 62.5% | 1423 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1,000 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.0% | 732 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
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● 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- Amara300 to 550
- Muntefik125 to 300
- Basra1,000
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
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)236 other officialsABDULRAZZAK ŞEKİP EFENDİ born 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Basra2 other officialsMehmet Đnayet Efendi 1 shared year; highest salary 2,700 kuruş
- 1890/91 (AH 1308)189 other officialsMehmed Behçet Efendi first annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 137, 138
136 DH_SAİD,00086_00004
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 13 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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