İSMAİL ZÜHDÜ EFENDİ
Born 1858/59 (AH 1275) · Erbil · Dated entries 1879 to 1894 (AH 1297 to 1311)
Languages Arabic, French, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00081_00207
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
İSMAİL ZÜHDÜ EFENDİ was born in Erbil in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The father’s occupation was Yusufi aşireti reisi. Schooling included Erbil'de tahsil-i ulum. The language repertoire included Arabic, French, Persian and Turkish. [source]
Service began in Erbil in 1879/80 (AH 1297). Dated career entries span 1879/80 (AH 1297) to 1893/94 (AH 1311) across 14 AH years, from Erbil to Zor sancağı, beginning with Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Erbil, Suriye vilayeti, Mecca (Mekke) and Duma kazası and 3 other named places. [1]
Monthly pay went from 300 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 400 kuruş in 1893/94 (AH 1311); the highest recorded monthly rate is 600 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307). [1]
Life and career
Follow 11 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 11 · Erbil
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.
2 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1858/59 (AH 1275)
Erbil
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 22
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 22
3 Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 23
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 25
Continuing service as described
4 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Erbil / Suriye vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Suriye vilayeti
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Suriye vilayeti
Meclis-i idare kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 26
5 Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
6 1886/87 (AH 1304)
Erbil / Suriye vilayeti
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Suriye vilayeti
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Suriye vilayeti
Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 29
7 Polis neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 31
Polis neferi (Azil)
Calculated age 31
Recorded service ending
8 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Duma kazası
Not yet located on the map: Duma kazası
Sibze müfettişi (muvakkat)
600 kuruşCalculated age 32
9 1890/91 (AH 1308) · 2 recorded years
Damascus (Şam)
AH entries: 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu
250 kuruşCalculated age 33
Duyun-ı umumiye süvari kolcusu (İstifa)
Calculated age 34
Recorded service ending
10 Polis neferi
300 kuruşCalculated age 35
Polis neferi (Nakil)
Calculated age 35
Recorded service ending
11 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Zor sancağı
Not yet located on the map: Zor sancağı
Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri
400 kuruşCalculated age 36
2 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.
- Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri (Azil) · Zor sancağı · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri · Musul vilayeti · Undated · 600 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.7% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 600 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 66.3% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 250 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 21.5% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 21.3% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 28.0% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 400 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 44.7% | 1929 |
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 entriesThe 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- Duma kazası600
- Zor sancağı400
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
- Erbil3 other officialsÖMER EFENDİ born 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Erbil7 other officialsZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ 7 shared years; highest salary 635 kuruş
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)206 other officialsAhmed Hamdi Efendi first annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 500 kuruş
Education and personal record
Schooling Erbil'de tahsil-i ulum [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
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ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 214, 215, 216, 217
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 14 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 19 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.