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NEFTÇİ ZADE ABDULFATTAH BEG

Born 1833/34 (AH 1249) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1857 to 1888 (AH 1274 to 1305)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00010_00332

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

Follow 20 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.

1Kirkuk (Kerkük)Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)Anah (Ane)Hillah (Hille)BasraSuq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 20 · 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.

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

  1. 1

    1833/34 (AH 1249)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1857/58 (AH 1274)

    İmadiye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: İmadiye

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 25

    2. asakir-i muvazzafa yüzbaşısı

      650 kuruşCalculated age 25

  3. 3

    1858/59 (AH 1275) · 4 recorded years

    İmadiye

    AH entries: 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: İmadiye

    1. asakir-i muvazzafa yüzbaşısı

      650 kuruşCalculated age 26

      Continuing service as described

    2. asakir-i muvazzafa yüzbaşısı

      650 kuruşCalculated age 29

      Continuing service as described

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1. asakir-i muvazzafa yüzbaşısı

      600 kuruşCalculated age 30

  5. 5

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    unknown

    Not yet located on the map: unknown

    1. tabur binbaşısı

      1,250 kuruşCalculated age 36

  6. 6

    1869/70 (AH 1286) · 3 recorded years

    Kars-ı Zülkadriye

    AH entries: 1286, 1287, 1288. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Kars-ı Zülkadriye

    1. Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 37

    2. Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 39

      Continuing service as described

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Kars-ı Zülkadriye / Bilanköy

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kars-ı Zülkadriye; Bilanköy

    1. Kars-ı Zülkadriye

      Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 40

      Continuing service as described

    2. Bilanköy

      Kaymakam

      2,250 kuruşCalculated age 40

  8. 8

    1873/74 (AH 1290)

    Bilanköy / Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Bilanköy

    1. Bilanköy

      Kaymakam

      2,250 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    2. Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 41

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1874/75 (AH 1291)

    Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

    1. Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

  10. 10

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) / Anah (Ane)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Anah (Ane)

      Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 43

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  11. 11

    1876/77 (AH 1293) · 2 recorded years

    Anah (Ane)

    AH entries: 1293, 1294. Gaps remain open.

    1. Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 44

      Continuing service as described

    2. Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 45

      Continuing service as described

  12. 12

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Anah (Ane) / Samarra / Köysancak

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Samarra; Köysancak

    1. Anah (Ane)

      Kaymakam

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 46

      Continuing service as described

    2. Köysancak

      Kaymakam

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 46

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  13. 13

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Köysancak / Hurasan

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Köysancak; Hurasan

    1. Köysancak

      Kaymakam

      1,800 kuruşCalculated age 47

      Continuing service as described

    2. Hurasan

      bakaya tahsildarı

      Calculated age 47

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

  14. 14

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Hurasan / Hillah (Hille) / Basra

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Hurasan

    1. Hurasan

      bakaya tahsildarı

      Calculated age 48

      Continuing service as described

    2. Basra

      Aşar Müdürü

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 48

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  15. 15

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Basra / Kut'ül-Amare / Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare

    1. Basra

      Aşar Müdürü

      2,000 kuruşCalculated age 49

      Continuing service as described

    2. Suq al-Shuyukh (Sukuşşuyuh)

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 49

    All 4 recorded entries in this stage →

  16. 16

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Kut'ül-Amare / Necef-i Eşref

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare; Necef-i Eşref

    1. Kut'ül-Amare

      Kaymakam

      1,750 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

    2. Necef-i Eşref

      Kaymakam

      1,750 kuruşCalculated age 50

  17. 17

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Kut'ül-Amare

    Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare

    1. Kaymakam

      1,750 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

  18. 18

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Kut'ül-Amare / Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare

    1. Kut'ül-Amare

      Kaymakam

      1,750 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

    2. Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 52

  19. 19

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Kut'ül-Amare / Şamiye

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare; Şamiye

    1. Kut'ül-Amare

      Kaymakam

      1,750 kuruşCalculated age 53

      Continuing service as described

    2. Şamiye

      Kaymakam

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 53

  20. 20

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Şamiye

    Not yet located on the map: Şamiye

    1. kaymakam (Azil)

      Calculated age 56

1 entry 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.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
1857/58 (AH 1274)650400100 to 3,00068.4%96
1858/59 (AH 1275)650500150 to 5,00060.6%105
1859/60 (AH 1276)650500150 to 3,35060.9%111
1860/61 (AH 1277)650500150 to 3,00061.7%134
1861/62 (AH 1278)650500150 to 3,00059.4%161
1862/63 (AH 1279)600400140 to 3,00063.3%197
1868/69 (AH 1285)1,250475150 to 3,00077.2%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)2,000400150 to 2,25087.3%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)2,000400150 to 2,00089.0%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)2,000420.5125 to 2,37587.3%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)2,250450140 to 2,35088.8%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)2,500405130 to 2,20091.2%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)2,500450150 to 1,80092.3%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)2,500450150 to 2,00091.6%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)2,000420150 to 2,00090.0%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)2,000450150 to 1,80090.5%1160
1878 (AH 1295)2,000450150 to 2,00089.8%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)1,800400150 to 2,00087.3%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)2,000400180 to 1,80090.5%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)2,500400160 to 1,50095.0%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)1,750400150 to 1,50091.2%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)1,750400150 to 1,40091.4%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)2,500400150 to 1,40095.9%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)2,500400150 to 1,50095.1%1748

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

Select 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 entries
  1. İmadiye5
    1857 to 1862 (AH 1274 to 1278)
  2. Kut'ül-Amare5
    1880 to 1885 (AH 1298 to 1302)
  3. 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)
  4. Kars-ı Zülkadriye4
    1869 to 1873 (AH 1286 to 1289)
  5. 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
  6. 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

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. İmadiye650
  2. Kut'ül-Amare1,750
  3. Kars-ı Zülkadriye2,000
  4. Basra2,000

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. 1869 to 1885 (AH 1286 to 1302)
  2. 1857 to 1863 (AH 1274 to 1279)
  3. 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)
  4. 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
  5. 1868/69 (AH 1285)

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 Medrese; muallim-i mahsus [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Arabic · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Persian · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

    ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 109, 110, 111

    115 DH_SAİD,00010_00332

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 25 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 43 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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