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MUHEMMED ALİ 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

The life of MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1879/80 (AH 1297); the father's occupation was "Telgraf baş çavuşu". At about 16, in 1895/96, MUHEMMED ALİ began work, on a first salary of 285 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with MUHEMMED ALİ as telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1898 to 1905 give a second post, in Sulaymaniyah as telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1904/05 give a second post, in Mosul as sicil muhabere memuru.

Pay rose from 285 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 400 in 1904/05, in Mosul, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1898/991904/05134KirkukSulaymaniyahMosul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Tuzhurmatu).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

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

    1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)

    telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    285 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)

    1898 to 1905 (AH 1316 to 1322)

    telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    385 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  4. Mosul (Musul)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    sicil muhabere memuru

    400 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
01002003004001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322400 kuruştelgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/9628540026%
1896/9728545025%
1897/9828540027%
1898/9938540036044%
1899/190038540045043%
1900/0138540038544%
1901/0238540033043%
1902/0338540038544%
1903/04385405437.543%
1904/0540040045042%

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 MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work285first-salary field
1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1895/96285
1896/97285
1897/98285
1898/99285
1898/99
285
1898 to 1905AH 1316 to 1322telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1898/99385
1899/1900385
1900/01385
1901/02385
1902/03385
1903/04385
1904/05385
1904/05
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385
1904/05AH 1322sicil muhabere memuruMosul (Musul)400

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Father's occupation
Telgraf baş çavuşu

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 7 officials with entries in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) in the same years, MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ had the 4th highest salary.

All 30 officials with entries in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ had the 112th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHEMMED ALİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTuzhurmatu285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1896/97AH 1314telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTuzhurmatu285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1897/98AH 1315telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTuzhurmatu285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1898/99AH 1316telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTuzhurmatu285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1898/99AH 1316telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (Nakil)TuzhurmatuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1898/99AH 1316telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1899/1900AH 1317telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1900/01AH 1318telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1901/02AH 1319telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1902/03AH 1320telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1903/04AH 1321telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1904/05AH 1322telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1904/05AH 1322telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (Nakil)Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
1904/05AH 1322sicil muhabere memuruMosul (Musul)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records67DH_SAİD,00086_00153
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 MUHEMMED ALİ 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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