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MUHAMMET BEHCET 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

The life of MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). MUHAMMET BEHCET began work in Kirkuk in 1898/99, at about 21, on a first salary of 15 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1898/99 to 1911/12 places MUHAMMET BEHCET in the same post, tahrirat kalemi refiki, in Kirkuk, the birthplace.

The salary went from 25 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 400 in 1910/11, the peak, in Kirkuk, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 14,760 kuruş, 33 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330400 kuruştahrirat kalemi refikievkaf idaresi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 BEHCET EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/99254003600%
1899/1900354004501%
1900/01354003851%
1901/02354003301%
1910/1140050040031%
191140060026%
1911/123001,0009%

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 BEHCET EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workKirkuk (Kerkük)15first-salary field
1898 to 1902AH 1316 to 1319tahrirat kalemi refiki
7 entries
YearSalary
1898/9915
1898/9925
1899/190025
1899/190035
1900/0135
1901/0235
1901/02
Kirkuk (Kerkük)15
No annual entry: 1902 to 1910 (AH 1320 to 1327)
1910 to 1912AH 1328 to 1330evkaf idaresi kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1910/11400
1911400
1911400
1911/12300
Kirkuk (Kerkük)400 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 place, same years

Of the 28 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in the same years, 27 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ had the 16th highest salary of them.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ had the 112th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ had the 72nd highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)15Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1898/99AH 1316tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1899/1900AH 1317tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1899/1900AH 1317tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1900/01AH 1318tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1901/02AH 1319tahrirat kalemi refikiKirkuk (Kerkük)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1901/02AH 1319tahrirat kalemi refiki (İnfisal)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1910/11AH 1328evkaf idaresi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1911AH 1329evkaf idaresi kâtibiKirkuk (Kerkük)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1911AH 1329evkaf tahsildarıKirkuk (Kerkük)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
1911/12AH 1330evkaf tahsildarıKirkuk (Kerkük)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records298 DH_SAİD,00192_00053
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 BEHCET 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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