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Official

Mehmed Şükrü Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Khanaqin (Hanikin) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). On record 1871 to 1904, 34 annual entries. Death recorded 1904/05.

Life

Mehmed Şükrü Efendi was born in Khanaqin (Hanikin) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Khanaqin in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1875/76 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk (Kerkük), the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sulaymaniyah). In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kifri (Salahiye), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kirkuk). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 450 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kifri). In 1881/82 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Baghdad, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 34 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1904/05 (AH 1322): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Death recorded
1904/05 (AH 1322)the year of the annual list with the word Vefat, not a date of death

Education

Primary
Sıbyan Mektebi (4 years)school for young children (primary school)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year
Preparation route (classification of the paper)
Low
Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
NoShown as in the flag of the paper. The qualification column of the recovered extract gives yes.

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

Year
1870/71 (AH 1287)
First salary field (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of Mehmed Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1870/71AH 1287First workKhanaqin (Hanikin)400first-salary field
1871 to 1875AH 1288 to 1291Muhabere Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1871/72400
1872/73380
1873/74380
1874/75380
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)400 to 380
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruKirkuk (Kerkük)400
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruKifri (Salahiye)450
1877 to 1881AH 1294 to 1298Muhabere Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1877/78400
1878400
1878/79400
1879/80380
1880/81500
Baghdad (Bağdat)400 to 500
1881 to 1904AH 1299 to 1321Başmuhabere Memuru
23 entries
YearSalary
1881/82600
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1891/92600
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95600
1895/96600
1896/97540
1897/98600
1898/99600
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
1903/04600
Baghdad (Bağdat)600
1904/05AH 1322Death recorded
Monthly salary, kuruş
02004006001873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmed Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1871/7240055040031%
1872/7338055040018%
1873/7438050040018%
1874/7538053545018%
1875/7640053040023%
1876/77450582.541034%
1877/7840056041016%
187840060050017%
1878/7940060042018%
1879/8038050038022%
1880/8150050040047%
1881/8260050060060%
1882/8360050060059%
1883/8460050060059%
1884/8560050060059%
1885/8660050060058%
1886/8760050060059%
1887/8860050060058%
1888/8960050060058%
1889/9060050060058%
1890/9160050060059%
1891/9260050060059%
1892/9360050060059%
1893/9460050060060%
1894/9560050060060%
1895/9660050060059%
1896/9754050054061%
1897/9860050054073%
1898/9960050054072%
1899/190060050054070%
1900/0160050054067%
1901/0260050054067%
1902/03600500562.567%
1903/0460047560067%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Placesbornfirst workannual entries
KhanaqinBaghdadSulaymaniyahKirkukKifri

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Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

99 officials in all. Officials recorded in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Same school recorded

744 officials in all. Officials with Sıbyan Mektebi recorded

Same birthplace

Officials born in Khanaqin (Hanikin)

Full record

Annual entries (34)

Annual entries of Mehmed Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Muhabere MemuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1872/73AH 1289Muhabere MemuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1873/74AH 1290Muhabere MemuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1874/75AH 1291Muhabere MemuruSulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1875/76AH 1292Muhabere MemuruKirkuk (Kerkük)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1876/77AH 1293Muhabere MemuruKifri (Salahiye)450Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1877/78AH 1294Muhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1878AH 1295Muhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1878/79AH 1296Muhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)400Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1879/80AH 1297Muhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)380Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1880/81AH 1298Muhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)500Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1881/82AH 1299Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1882/83AH 1300Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1883/84AH 1301Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1884/85AH 1302Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1885/86AH 1303Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1886/87AH 1304Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1887/88AH 1305Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1888/89AH 1306Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1889/90AH 1307Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1890/91AH 1308Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1891/92AH 1309Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1892/93AH 1310Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1893/94AH 1311Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1894/95AH 1312Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1895/96AH 1313Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1896/97AH 1314Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)540Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1897/98AH 1315Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1898/99AH 1316Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1899/1900AH 1317Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1900/01AH 1318Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1901/02AH 1319Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1902/03AH 1320Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
1903/04AH 1321Başmuhabere MemuruBaghdad (Bağdat)600Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf)Recovered annual personnel extract58- 0072;137
What the sources named in this table are
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.

Sources and original values (14)

Recorded values of Mehmed Şükrü Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameMehmed Şükrü EfendiPersonnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Birth year (AH)1270Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
BirthplacehankinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Province of birthbagdatRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
ReligionMuslumanRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Nationality or communityTurkishRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Schooling
SchoolSibyan MektebiRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of schooling4Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work
First work: year (AH)1287Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First work: Gregorian year as stored1870Recovered annual personnel extract
First work: placeHankinRecovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
First salary field (kuruş a month)400Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract
Status
Death recorded under the year (AH)1322Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy); Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
What the sources named in this table are
Earlier annual personnel extract (original copy)
A copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read for the title wording of each year. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death.
Earlier annual personnel extract (parallel copy)
A second copy of the earlier annual personnel file, read in the same way. A death taken from it is the status word Vefat in the title field of one annual list: the year is the year of that list, not a date of death. Two copies that agree are one piece of evidence, not two.
Earlier annual personnel extract
The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
Recovered annual personnel extract
The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Personnel attributes extract
The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
  • Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
  • 34 annual entries of 34 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.