SEYİT ALİ EFENDİ
Born 1876/77 (AH 1293) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1892 to 1911 (AH 1310 to 1328)
Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Archival reference DH_SAİD,00108_00156
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
SEYİT ALİ EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The father’s occupation was Kerbela sancağı defterhakani memuru. Schooling included Sıbyan Mektebi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1892/93 (AH 1310). Dated career entries span 1892/93 (AH 1310) to 1910/11 (AH 1328) across 10 AH years, from Kirkuk (Kerkük) to Bolu, beginning with defterhakani kalemi mülazımı and ending with entries for avkaf memuru. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Kirkuk (Kerkük), Van, Kenferi and Bolu. [1]
Monthly pay went from 150 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,000 kuruş in 1910/11 (AH 1328). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 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 7 · 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 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 17
defterhakani kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 17
3 1898/99 (AH 1316) · 5 recorded years
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
AH entries: 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
avkaf kâtibi
150 kuruşCalculated age 23
izin
Calculated age 27
4 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Kirkuk (Kerkük) / Van
Within-year entry order unresolved
izin
Calculated age 28
Continuing service as described
vilayet avkaf müdürü
540 kuruşCalculated age 28
5 1905/06 (AH 1323)
Kenferi
Not yet located on the map: Kenferi
sancak avkaf müdürü
400 kuruşCalculated age 30
6 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Bolu
sancak avkaf müdürü
500 kuruşCalculated age 33
7 1910/11 (AH 1328)
Bolu
avkaf memuru
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 35
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.
- sancak avkaf memuru · Amasya · Undated · 1,200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 150 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 10.0% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 10.4% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 150 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 10.3% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 9.8% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 150 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 9.0% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 540 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 62.4% | 1578 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 400 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 41.3% | 1423 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 52.4% | 1232 |
| 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 rateRanges 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 AĞANIN OĞLUDUR born 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Kirkuk (Kerkük)42 other officialsMUHAMMET SALİH EFENDİ 7 shared years; highest salary 171 kuruş
- Sıbyan Mektebi562 other officialsHalil Efendi born 1876/77 (AH 1293); no salary recorded
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 172, 173, 174
163 DH_SAİD,00108_00156
Read the original source accounts · 16 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 10 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 15 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.