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MUHAMMED FEHMİ 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

MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). At about 19, in 1879/80, MUHAMMED FEHMİ began work. The annual lists begin in 1879/80, with MUHAMMED FEHMİ as mülazım (belediye) and no place named.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 300 in 1884/85, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 9,600 kuruş, 66 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1884/85.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Bağdat Belediye Dairesi as worded, no place record

    1879 to 1883 (AH 1297 to 1300)

    mülazım (belediye)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Hay kazası bidayet mahkemesi as worded, no place record

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    No annual entry for 1883/84 (AH 1301) before it.

    bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302300 kuruşmülazım (belediye)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302This officialMedian, all officials

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 MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8225040019%
1882/8325040019%
1884/8530040028%

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 MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First work
1879 to 1883AH 1297 to 1300mülazım (belediye)
8 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1881/82
1881/82250
1881/82
1882/83250
1882/83
No annual entry: 1883/84 (AH 1301)
1884/85AH 1302bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1884/85225
1884/85
1884/85300
225 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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 birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ had the 147th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ had the 147th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMED FEHMİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297mülazım (belediye)Bağdat Belediye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1880/81AH 1298mülazım (belediye)Bağdat Belediye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1881/82AH 1299mülazım (belediye)Bağdat Belediye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1881/82AH 1299mülazım (belediye) (Görevin sona ermesi)Bağdat Belediye DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1881/82AH 1299mukataa kol muharririHabise mukataası (arazi-i seniye)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1881/82AH 1299mukataa kol muharriri (İnfisal)Habise mukataası (arazi-i seniye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1882/83AH 1300ihtisab kâtibiaynı liva (sancak)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1882/83AH 1300ihtisab kâtibi (İnfisal)aynı liva (sancak)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1884/85AH 1302bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiHay kazası bidayet mahkemesi225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1884/85AH 1302bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi (Nakil)Hay kazası bidayet mahkemesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
1884/85AH 1302müstantık muaviniHay kazası bidayet mahkemesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records44 DH_SAİD00011_00030
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 MUHAMMED FEHMİ 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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