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SEYİT SÜLEYMAN 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

Born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1873/74 (AH 1290), SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hazret-i Şehriyari dua-gûyanından (vazifeli)". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

SÜLEYMAN began work in Kirkuk in 1888/89, at about 16, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1890/91, names SÜLEYMAN as Ağnam ve zebhiye tadad kâtibi, with no place. For 1891 to 1893 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1890/91 give a second post, in Kirkuk as Tahrir-i vergi idaresi mülazımı. Alongside, the lists for 1893 to 1896 give a second post, in Kirkuk as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Duyun-ı Umumiye memuru.

Pay rose from 0 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to a peak of 250 in 1895/96, when one in five paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 3,720 kuruş, 19 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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.

All 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1890/91135Kirkuk

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kerkük kasabası), stop 4 (Kerkük kazası), stop 6 (Köprü, Kerkük).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290); First work 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Kerkük kasabası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Ağnam ve zebhiye tadad kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Tahrir-i vergi idaresi mülazımı

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Kerkük kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310) before it.

    Üçüncü kol ağnam kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  5. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    0 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Köprü, Kerkük as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Duyun-ı Umumiye memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313250 kuruşÜçüncü kol ağnam kâtibiTahrirat kalemi mülazımıDuyun-ı Umumiye memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/9104004250%
1893/9404004500%
1894/95604003902%
1895/9625040020%

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 SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First workKirkuk (Kerkük)0first-salary field
1890/91AH 1308Ağnam ve zebhiye tadad kâtibi
1890/91AH 1308Tahrir-i vergi idaresi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)0
No annual entry: 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311Üçüncü kol ağnam kâtibi
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
5 entries
YearSalary
1893/940
1894/9540
1894/9560
1895/9660
1895/96
Kirkuk (Kerkük)0
1895/96AH 1313Duyun-ı Umumiye memuru250

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Hazret-i Şehriyari dua-gûyanından (vazifeli)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1888/89 (AH 1306)

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 place, same years

Of the 29 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in the same years, 28 have a recorded salary; SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 418th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 180th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SEYİT SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Ağnam ve zebhiye tadad kâtibiKerkük kasabasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1890/91AH 1308Tahrir-i vergi idaresi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1893/94AH 1311Üçüncü kol ağnam kâtibiKerkük kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat refiki (İnfisal)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
1895/96AH 1313Duyun-ı Umumiye memuruKöprü, Kerkük250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 DH_SAİD,00117_00156
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 SEYİT SÜLEYMAN 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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