MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ

Born 1867/68 (AH 1284) · Kirkuk (Kerkük) · Dated entries 1887 to 1901 (AH 1305 to 1318)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİD,00174_00037

The career, year by year

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The life

MUHAMMET BEHCET EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1867/68 (AH 1284), within the İslam community. Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Basra Rüştiyesi. The language repertoire included Arabic, Persian and Turkish.^[source]

Service began in Kut'ül-Amare in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Dated career entries span 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1900/01 (AH 1318) across 11 AH years, beginning with nüfus kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 3 of those years. Place names include Kut'ül-Amare, Samarra, Dilem and Halis.^[1]

Monthly pay went from 125 kuruş in 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 250 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318); the highest recorded monthly rate is 250 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318).^[1]

Personal record

Birth: Kirkuk (Kerkük) · 1867/68 (AH 1284)^[source]
Education: Sıbyan mektebi; Basra Rüştiyesi^[source]
First work: 1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kut'ül-Amare^[source]
Age at first work: 21^[source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First salary: 125 kuruş^[source]Personal salary figure; not tied to a specific appointment.

Career in numbers

11
Dated AH years: 4
Career place names: 11
Salary years: 125 → 250
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month: 250
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month: 22.0%
Peers paid less in last year

About these numbers

Dated AH years. Across career and documentary records; not tenure.
Career place names. Distinct place labels; some may not be mapped.
Salary years. One highest recorded monthly rate per official-year; gaps are blank.
Annual series: first → last kuruş/month. 1887/88 (AH 1305) to 1900/01 (AH 1318); nominal rates in observed years.
Peak in annual series, kuruş/month. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Peers paid less in last year. Share of other officials in the annual salary reference with lower pay in 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Life and career

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Stage 1 of 8 · Kirkuk (Kerkük)

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7 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

1
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1. Birth
  Personal record & evidence →
2
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Kut'ül-Amare
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare
1. First work as recorded
  Calculated age 21
  Personal record & evidence →
2. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 21
  Entry & evidence →[1]
3
1888/89 (AH 1306) · 4 recorded years
Kut'ül-Amare
AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare
1. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 22
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 25
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 4 recorded entries in this stage →
4
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Kut'ül-Amare / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Kut'ül-Amare; Location not recorded
1. Kut'ül-Amare
  nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 26
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Place not recorded
  Infisal
  Calculated age 26
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
5
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Samarra
Not yet located on the map: Samarra
1. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 30
  Entry & evidence →[1]
6
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Samarra / Dilem
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Samarra; Dilem
1. Samarra
  nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Dilem
  nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 31
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →
7
1898/99 (AH 1316) · 2 recorded years
Dilem
AH entries: 1316, 1317. Gaps remain open.
Not yet located on the map: Dilem
1. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 32
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 33
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
8
1900/01 (AH 1318)
Dilem / Halis
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Dilem; Halis
1. Dilem
  nüfus kâtibi
  125 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Continuing service as described
  Entry & evidence →[1]
2. Halis
  nüfus memuru
  250 kuruşCalculated age 34
  Entry & evidence →[1]
All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

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

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How the comparison is calculated

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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.

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Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH year	Official rate	Sample median	Sample p10 to p90	Paid less	N
1887/88 (AH 1305)	125	400	150 to 1,500	8.2%	1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)	125	400	135 to 1,500	8.8%	1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)	125	400	130 to 1,500	8.6%	1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)	125	400	125 to 1,500	8.9%	1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)	125	400	140 to 1,600	8.3%	1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)	125	400	135 to 1,500	8.6%	1935
1896/97 (AH 1314)	125	450	150 to 1,575	6.6%	2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)	125	400	140 to 1,425	7.6%	1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)	125	400	144 to 1,400	7.3%	1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	125	400	140 to 1,440	8.0%	1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)	250	400	140 to 1,500	22.0%	1761

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries

Kut'ül-Amare6
1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310)
Dilem4
1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)
Samarra2
1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)
Halis1
1900/01 (AH 1318)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

Kut'ül-Amare125
Dilem125
Samarra125
Halis250

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 title

nüfus kâtibi11
1887 to 1901 (AH 1305 to 1318)
Infisal1
1892/93 (AH 1310)
nüfus memuru1
1900/01 (AH 1318)

The 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 EFENDİ born 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 125 kuruş
1887/88 (AH 1305)190 other officialsAhmed Asım Efendi first annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 200 kuruş

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Basra Rüştiyesi^[source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Arabic · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Persian · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]
Turkish · Tekellüm ve kitâbet^[source]

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Sources and evidence

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER · 2021 · Pages 325, 326
231 DH_SAİD,00174_00037; DH_SAİD,00174_00037

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