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MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ 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

MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Amara müddei-i umumi muavini". Work began in 1896/97, at about 16, on a first salary of 25 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ as Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakati and no place named.

The salary went from 25 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 220 in 1905/06, the peak, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, nine years of salary come to 17,280 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Amara as worded, no place record

    1896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)

    Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakati

    25 to 220 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323220 kuruşAmara sancağı evrak memuru refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/97254500%
1897/98454001%
1899/190015040010%
1900/0120040015%
1901/0220040014%
1902/0320040014%
1903/0420040515%
1904/0520040015%
1905/0622043021%

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 ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First work25first-salary field
1896 to 1906AH 1314 to 1323Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakati
14 entries
YearSalary
1896/9725
1897/9825
1897/9845
1898/99
1899/1900
1899/1900150
1900/01
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
1903/04200
1904/05200
1905/06200
1905/06220
25 to 220

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Father's occupation
Amara müddei-i umumi muavini

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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; MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ had the 199th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ had the 138th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakatiAmara25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1897/98AH 1315Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakatiAmara25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1897/98AH 1315Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakatiAmara45Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1898/99AH 1316Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakatiAmaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1899/1900AH 1317Amara sancağı evrak memuru refakatiAmaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu evrak memuriyeti refakatiAmara150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu evrak memuriyeti refakatiAmaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1902/03AH 1320Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1903/04AH 1321Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1904/05AH 1322Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-i hümayun komisyonu tahrirat mübeyyiziAmara220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records252 DH_SAİD,00147_00029
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 ŞÜKRÜ 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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