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MUHAMMET NURİ EFENDİ

Born 1862/63 (AH 1279) · Baghdad (Bağdat) · Dated entries 1883 to 1909 (AH 1301 to 1326)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00157_00143

The career, year by year

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Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

Follow 13 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.

1Baghdad (Bağdat)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 13 · Baghdad (Bağdat)

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Baghdad (Bağdat)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Baghdad (Bağdat) / Bağdat şarkiyye ciheti / Elbucuvari, Semava

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bağdat şarkiyye ciheti; Elbucuvari, Semava

    1. Baghdad (Bağdat)

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 22

    2. Elbucuvari, Semava

      Anbar memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 22

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  3. 3

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Elbucuvari, Semava / Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Elbucuvari, Semava; Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı

    1. Elbucuvari, Semava

      Anbar memuru

      250 kuruşCalculated age 23

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı

      Aşar Memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 23

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı / Semava

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı; Semava

    1. Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı

      Aşar Memuru

      200 kuruşCalculated age 24

      Continuing service as described

    2. Semava

      Belediye kâtibi

      160 kuruşCalculated age 24

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    Semava

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Semava

    1. Belediye kâtibi

      160 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    2. Belediye kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 25

      Recorded service ending

  6. 6

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Ebukufuf, Şamiyye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ebukufuf, Şamiyye

    1. Anbar memuru

      300 kuruşCalculated age 28

    2. Anbar memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 28

      Recorded service ending

  7. 7

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 2 recorded years

    Şırkat şubesi

    AH entries: 1309, 1310. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Şırkat şubesi

    1. Anbar memuru

      500 kuruşCalculated age 30

    2. Anbar memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 31

      Recorded service ending

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  8. 8

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Salahiyye emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    Not yet located on the map: Salahiyye emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    1. Sandık emini

      300 kuruşCalculated age 32

  9. 9

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Ca'ara şubesi, Bağdat emlak-i hümayun komisyonu / Ca'ara şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ca'ara şubesi, Bağdat emlak-i hümayun komisyonu; Ca'ara şubesi

    1. Ca'ara şubesi, Bağdat emlak-i hümayun komisyonu

      Kâtib-i sani

      200 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. Ca'ara şubesi

      Kâtib-i sani

      300 kuruşCalculated age 35

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  10. 10

    1897/98 (AH 1315) · 8 recorded years

    Ca'ara şubesi

    AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ca'ara şubesi

    1. Kâtib-i sani

      Calculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kâtib-i sani

      400 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Ca'ara şubesi / Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Ca'ara şubesi; Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    1. Ca'ara şubesi

      Kâtib-i sani

      400 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    2. Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

      Kâtib

      500 kuruşCalculated age 44

  12. 12

    1906/07 (AH 1324) · 2 recorded years

    Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    AH entries: 1324, 1325. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

    1. Kâtib

      500 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kâtib

      500 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

  13. 13

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi / Mahmudiye şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi; Mahmudiye şubesi

    1. Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi

      Kâtib

      500 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

    2. Mahmudiye şubesi

      Kâtib-i evvel

      600 kuruşCalculated age 47

3 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

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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
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
1883/84 (AH 1301)250400150 to 1,40019.6%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)250400150 to 1,50019.9%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)200400150 to 1,50013.2%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)160400150 to 1,50011.3%1725
1889/90 (AH 1307)300400130 to 1,50029.3%1874
1891/92 (AH 1309)500400140 to 1,60056.1%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)500400135 to 1,50056.2%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)300400140 to 1,40027.9%1929
1896/97 (AH 1314)300450150 to 1,57526.4%2119
1899/1900 (AH 1317)400400140 to 1,44044.1%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)400400140 to 1,50045.1%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)400400150 to 1,52043.9%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)400400150 to 1,50044.4%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)400405150 to 1,45043.1%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)400400135 to 1,50042.2%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)500430125 to 1,50052.7%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)500450150 to 1,52551.5%1371
1907/08 (AH 1325)500460135 to 1,61550.6%1290
1908/09 (AH 1326)600400150 to 2,00062.0%1232

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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● 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 entries
  1. Ca'ara şubesi10
    1896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)
  2. Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi4
    1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)
  3. Elbucuvari, Semava2
    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
  4. Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı2
    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  5. Semava2
    1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)
  6. Şırkat şubesi2
    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

The six most recorded places. 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. Ca'ara şubesi200 to 400
  2. Zınak emlak-i hümayun şubesi500
  3. Elbucuvari, Semava250
  4. Mahavil nahiyesi, Hille sancağı200
  5. Semava160
  6. Şırkat şubesi500

Six places with the most recorded career years. 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. 1896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)
  2. 1883 to 1893 (AH 1301 to 1310)
  3. 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)
  4. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  5. 1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)
  6. 1883/84 (AH 1301)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; hususi tahsil [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 372, 373, 374

    278 DH_SAİD,00157_00143

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 21 dated AH years

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