Muhammet Sait Efendi
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1878 to 1911 (AH 1295 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, Persian
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00090_00114
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Muhammet Sait Efendi was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Urfa Rüşdiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic and Persian. [source]
Service began in Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in 1878 (AH 1295). Dated career entries span 1878 (AH 1295) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 34 AH years, from Şanlıurfa (Urfa) to Aleppo (Halep), beginning with defter-i hakani kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for mefreze katibi. More than one post or place appears in 9 of those years. Place names include Şanlıurfa (Urfa), Bilan, Aleppo (Halep) and Vebelsaman and 2 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 240 kuruş in 1882/83 (AH 1300) to 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315). [1]
Life and career
Follow 14 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.
Stage 1 of 14 · 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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
3 1878/79 (AH 1296) · 4 recorded years
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
AH entries: 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299. Gaps remain open.
4 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa) / Bilan / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1883/84 (AH 1301) · 3 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Aleppo (Halep) / Vebelsaman
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Vebelsaman
7 8 1888/89 (AH 1306) · 2 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep) / Gaziantep (Antep) / Ayıntab, Bab, Kilis, Münbiç
AH entries: 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Ayıntab, Bab, Kilis, Münbiç
9 1890/91 (AH 1308)
Gaziantep (Antep) / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
10 1891/92 (AH 1309) · 5 recorded years
Gaziantep (Antep)
AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.
11 1896/97 (AH 1314)
Gaziantep (Antep) / Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Within-year entry order unresolved
12 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Şanlıurfa (Urfa) / Aleppo (Halep)
Within-year entry order unresolved
13 1898/99 (AH 1316) · 12 recorded years
Aleppo (Halep)
AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327. Gaps remain open.
14 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Aleppo (Halep) / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
mefreze katibi
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 55
Continuing service as described
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.4% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 240 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 17.6% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.4% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 37.9% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 320 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 38.3% | 1725 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 500 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 56.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 56.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 56.2% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 55.4% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.4% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 500 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 55.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 500 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 52.8% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 83.6% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,000 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 83.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 83.0% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,000 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 82.7% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 80.1% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 81.9% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,000 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 81.4% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,000 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 81.7% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,000 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 80.5% | 1423 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,525 | 78.0% | 1371 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1,000 | 460 | 135 to 1,615 | 77.3% | 1290 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 75.9% | 1232 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 1,000 | 600 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.9% | 1088 |
| 1910/11 (AH 1328) | 1,000 | 500 | 200 to 2,000 | 68.0% | 732 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Aleppo (Halep)240 to 1,000
- Bilan240
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 titleThe 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 officialsABDULKADİR SİRRİ EFENDİ born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 1,100 kuruş
- Aleppo (Halep)126 other officialsBasil Şükrü Efendi 21 shared years; highest salary 700 kuruş
- 1878 (AH 1295)145 other officialsHüseyin Efendi first annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Urfa Rüşdiyesi [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 257, 258, 259, 260
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 34 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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