MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ

Born 1886/87 (AH 1304) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00155_00151

The career, year by year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Places and reading notes

Kirkuk (Kerkük)

7 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

MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The father’s occupation was Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi kâtibi. Schooling included Kerkük sancağı sıbyan mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi in 1902/03 (AH 1320). Dated career entries span 1902/03 (AH 1320) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 7 AH years, from Kirkuk (Kerkük) to Kirkuk (Kerkük), beginning with evrak kalemi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Kirkuk (Kerkük).^[1]

Monthly pay went from 20 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 200 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 200 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kirkuk (Kerkük) · 1886/87 (AH 1304)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi kâtibi^[source]
Education: Kerkük sancağı sıbyan mektebi^[source]
First work: 1902/03 (AH 1320) · Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi^[source]
Age at first work: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
Apprenticeship: 0.26^[source]Duration as recorded; the interval is not dated here.

Career in numbers

7
Dated AH years: 1
Career place names: 6
Salary years: 20 → 200
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 200
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 12.8%
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.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1903/04 (AH 1321) to 1908/09 (AH 1326); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1908/09 (AH 1326).

Life and career

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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.

● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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.

1
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi / Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi
1. Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi
  First work as recorded
  Calculated age 16
  Personal record & evidence →
2. Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  evrak kalemi mülazımı
  Calculated age 16
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1903/04 (AH 1321) · 6 recorded years
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
AH entries: 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
1. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  20 kuruşCalculated age 17
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  20 kuruşCalculated age 18
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  20 kuruşCalculated age 19
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
4. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  20 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
5. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  25 kuruşCalculated age 20
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  25 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
7. evrak kalemi kâtibi
  25 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8. tahsil kâtibi
  200 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Entry & evidence →[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.

View the yearly values

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
1903/04 (AH 1321)	20	405	150 to 1,450	0.9%	1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)	20	400	135 to 1,500	0.8%	1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)	20	430	125 to 1,500	0.8%	1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)	25	450	150 to 1,525	1.2%	1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)	25	460	135 to 1,615	1.6%	1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)	200	400	150 to 2,000	12.8%	1232

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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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 entries

Kirkuk (Kerkük)7
1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)

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)20 to 200

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

evrak kalemi kâtibi6
1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)
evrak kalemi mülazımı1
1902/03 (AH 1320)
tahsil kâtibi1
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 officialsABBAS HİLMİ EFENDİ born 1886/87 (AH 1304); highest salary 200 kuruş
Kirkuk (Kerkük)28 other officialsRİFAT EFENDİ 7 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
1902/03 (AH 1320)156 other officialsSABIR SABRİ EFENDİ first entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 200 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Kerkük sancağı sıbyan mektebi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Arabic · Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish · kıraat ve tahrir^[source]

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace: Kerkük^[source]
Birth year: 1886/87 (AH 1304)^[source]
Father’s occupation: Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi kâtibi^[source]
Archive references: DH_SAİD,00155_00151^[1]

Education and languages

Arabic: Tekellüm^[source]
Turkish: kıraat ve tahrir^[source]
Education detail: mukaddime-i ulûm^[source]
Education: Kerkük sancağı sıbyan mektebi^[source]
Education level equivalent: 4^[source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service: 16^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place: Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi^[source]
First work year: 1902/03 (AH 1320)^[source]
Apprenticeship: 0.26^[source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 368, 369
274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151; DH_SAİD,00155_00151

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