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MUHAMMET TEVFİK 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 TEVFİK EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father's occupation was "Hapishane gardiyanı". At about 21, in 1884/85, MUHAMMET TEVFİK began work. The annual lists begin in 1884/85, with MUHAMMET TEVFİK as Evrak kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1895 to 1897 and 1898 to 1901.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 500 in 1901/02, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 24,600 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.

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.

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Zor sancağı as worded, no place record

    1884 to 1902 (AH 1302 to 1319)

    Evrak kalemi mülazımı 1884 to 1895 (AH 1302 to 1312); Tahrirat mukayyidi 1897/98 (AH 1315); Tahrir ve vergi katibi 1901/02 (AH 1319)

    0 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314) or 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319500 kuruşEvrak kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This officialMedian, all officials

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 TEVFİK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/881004005%
1888/891004005%
1889/901004005%
1890/911004005%
1891/921004004%
1892/9330040027%
1893/9420040014%
1894/9530040028%
1897/9825040020%
1901/0250040054%

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 TEVFİK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First work
1884 to 1895AH 1302 to 1312Evrak kalemi mülazımı
24 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88
1887/88100
1887/880
1888/89100
1888/890
1889/90100
1889/900
1890/91100
1890/910
1891/92100
1891/920
1892/93100
1892/93
1892/930
1892/93
1892/93300
1892/93
1892/93100
1893/94200
1894/95300
300
No annual entry: 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat mukayyidi250
No annual entry: 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Tahrir ve vergi katibi500

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Father's occupation
Hapishane gardiyanı

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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 birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 83rd highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 65th highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET TEVFİK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Evrak kalemi mülazımıZor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1885/86AH 1303Evrak kalemi mülazımıZor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1886/87AH 1304Evrak kalemi mülazımıZor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1887/88AH 1305Evrak kalemi mülazımıZor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1887/88AH 1305Evrak kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Zor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1887/88AH 1305Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1888/89AH 1306Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1888/89AH 1306Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1889/90AH 1307Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1890/91AH 1308Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1890/91AH 1308Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1891/92AH 1309Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Belediye katibiAşara100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Belediye katibi (İstifa)AşaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten)Aşara0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat memuru (fahri, ilaveten) (İstifa)AşaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Anbar memuruAşara300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Anbar memuru (İnfisal)AşaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1892/93AH 1310Meclis-i idare ikinci katibiZor sancağı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1893/94AH 1311Evrak memuruZor sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1894/95AH 1312Tahrir ve vergi katibiAşara300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat mukayyidiZor sancağı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
1901/02AH 1319Tahrir ve vergi katibiZor sancağı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records176 DH_SAİD,00095_00135
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 TEVFİK 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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