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MUHAMMET ŞAKİR 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

MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1886/87 (AH 1304); the father's occupation was "Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi kâtibi". Work began in 1902/03, at about 16. From the first annual entry, for 1902/03, to 1908/09, every annual entry places MUHAMMET ŞAKİR in the same post, evrak kalemi mülazımı, in Kirkuk, the birthplace.

The salary went from 20 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 200 in 1908/09, the peak, in Kirkuk, when 12 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 3,720 kuruş, 12 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326200 kuruşevrak kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0420405437.50%
1904/05204004500%
1905/06204305500%
1906/07254503521%
1907/08254605001%
1908/0920040020012%

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 MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First work
1902 to 1909AH 1320 to 1326evrak kalemi mülazımı
9 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/0420
1904/0520
1905/0620
1906/0720
1906/0725
1907/0825
1908/0925
1908/09200
Kirkuk (Kerkük)200

Record

Personal

Born
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Father's occupation
Kerkük sancağı evrak kalemi kâtibi

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)

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; MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ had the 202nd highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320evrak kalemi mülazımıKirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1903/04AH 1321evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1904/05AH 1322evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1905/06AH 1323evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1906/07AH 1324evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1906/07AH 1324evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1907/08AH 1325evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1908/09AH 1326evrak kalemi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 DH_SAİD,00155_00151
1908/09AH 1326tahsil kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİD,00155_00151
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 MUHAMMET ŞAKİR 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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