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MUHAMMED SALİH EFENDİ

Born 1846/47 (AH 1263) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1864 to 1910 (AH 1281 to 1327)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00002_00427

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1Kirkuk (Kerkük)Baghdad (Bağdat)Mosul (Musul)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 14 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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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.

9 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1846/47 (AH 1263)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1864/65 (AH 1281)

    Şehrizor sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Şehrizor sancağı

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1867/68 (AH 1284) · 2 recorded years

    Şehrizor sancağı

    AH entries: 1284, 1285. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Şehrizor sancağı

    1. Nüfus kalemi katibi

      120 kuruşCalculated age 21

    2. Nüfus kalemi ikinci katibi

      166 kuruşCalculated age 22

  4. 4

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Şehrizor sancağı / Baghdad (Bağdat)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Şehrizor sancağı

    1. Şehrizor sancağı

      Muhasebe kalemi katibi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 23

    2. Baghdad (Bağdat)

      Evkaf dairesi başkatibi

      700 kuruşCalculated age 23

  5. 5

    1870/71 (AH 1287) · 9 recorded years

    Baghdad (Bağdat)

    AH entries: 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Evkaf dairesi başkatibi

      700 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    2. Evkaf dairesi başkatibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 32

    All 11 recorded entries in this stage →

  6. 6

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Baghdad (Bağdat) / Place not recorded / Şehrizor sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Şehrizor sancağı

    1. Baghdad (Bağdat)

      Evkaf dairesi başkatibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 33

      Continuing service as described

    2. Şehrizor sancağı

      Bidayet mahkemesi başkatibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 33

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  7. 7

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Şehrizor sancağı

    Not yet located on the map: Şehrizor sancağı

    1. Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 35

  8. 8

    1881/82 (AH 1299) · 3 recorded years

    Amara sancağı

    AH entries: 1299, 1300, 1301. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Amara sancağı

    1. Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 36

    2. Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 38

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Amara sancağı / Müntefik sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Amara sancağı; Müntefik sancağı

    1. Amara sancağı

      Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    2. Müntefik sancağı

      Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 39

  10. 10

    1885/86 (AH 1303) · 10 recorded years

    Müntefik sancağı

    AH entries: 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Müntefik sancağı

    1. Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

    2. Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    All 10 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Müntefik sancağı / Amara sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Müntefik sancağı; Amara sancağı

    1. Müntefik sancağı

      Müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

    2. Amara sancağı

      Bidayet mahkemesi müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 50

  12. 12

    1896/97 (AH 1314) · 8 recorded years

    Amara sancağı

    AH entries: 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Amara sancağı

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,400 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Azil

      Calculated age 58

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  13. 13

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Kerbela sancağı

    Not yet located on the map: Kerbela sancağı

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi müddei-i umumi muavini

      1,440 kuruşCalculated age 62

  14. 14

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Mosul (Musul)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. İstinaf Mahkemesi Azası

      1,500 kuruşCalculated age 64

    2. İstinaf mahkemesi azası (İnfisal)

      Calculated age 64

      Recorded service ending

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

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Current collection salary comparison

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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.

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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 yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1867/68 (AH 1284)120458150 to 2,5006.5%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)166475150 to 3,00012.1%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)700400150 to 2,25067.9%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)700400150 to 2,00068.7%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)700420.5125 to 2,37567.4%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)750450140 to 2,35069.3%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)750405130 to 2,20068.8%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)750450150 to 1,80070.5%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)750450150 to 2,00070.9%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)750420150 to 2,00070.6%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)750450150 to 1,80070.9%1160
1878 (AH 1295)750450150 to 2,00071.5%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)600400150 to 2,00063.5%1328
1880/81 (AH 1298)1,800400160 to 1,50092.7%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)1,400400150 to 1,40088.9%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)1,400400150 to 1,40089.3%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)1,400400150 to 1,50088.3%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)1,400400150 to 1,50088.5%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)1,400400150 to 1,50087.8%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)1,400400150 to 1,50087.3%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)1,400400135 to 1,50087.9%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)1,400400130 to 1,50088.6%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)1,400400125 to 1,50087.3%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)1,400400140 to 1,60086.8%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)1,400400135 to 1,50088.1%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)1,400400140 to 1,40088.9%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)1,400400140 to 1,50088.5%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)1,400400140 to 1,50087.7%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)1,600450150 to 1,57590.3%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)1,440400140 to 1,42590.0%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)1,440400144 to 1,40090.2%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)1,440400140 to 1,44090.0%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)1,440400140 to 1,50089.5%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)1,440400150 to 1,52088.5%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)1,440400150 to 1,50089.8%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)1,440405150 to 1,45089.7%1578
1907/08 (AH 1325)1,440460135 to 1,61587.0%1290
1909/10 (AH 1327)1,500600200 to 2,00079.9%1088

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Amara sancağı13
    1881 to 1904 (AH 1299 to 1321)
  2. Müntefik sancağı12
    1884 to 1896 (AH 1302 to 1313)
  3. 1869 to 1879 (AH 1286 to 1296)
  4. Şehrizor sancağı6
    1864 to 1881 (AH 1281 to 1298)
  5. Kerbela sancağı1
    1907/08 (AH 1325)
  6. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Amara sancağı1,400 to 1,600
  2. Müntefik sancağı1,400
  4. Şehrizor sancağı120 to 1,800
  5. Kerbela sancağı1,440

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
  1. 1880 to 1896 (AH 1298 to 1313)
  2. 1869 to 1879 (AH 1286 to 1296)
  3. 1895 to 1908 (AH 1313 to 1325)
  4. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
  5. 1878/79 (AH 1296)
  6. 1909/10 (AH 1327)

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Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

Honours and other personal details

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1 (recorded code) [source]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 32, 33, 34, 35

    37 DH_SAİD,00002_00427

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 40 dated AH years

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