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MUHAMMET ŞAFİK 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

Born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1876/77 (AH 1293) into the İslam community, MUHAMMET ŞAFİK EFENDİ was the child of a muezzin. The schooling was at a middle school (Rüşdiye Mektebi).

At about 24, in 1900/01, MUHAMMET ŞAFİK began work, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1900/01, names MUHAMMET ŞAFİK as Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1901 to 1904 and 1906 to 1909. The annual lists then follow MUHAMMET ŞAFİK to Kirkuk in 1909/10. Alongside, the lists for 1909/10 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nüfus memuru. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1905/06.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 300 in 1904/05, the peak, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 13,200 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

All 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1909/1014Kirkuk

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Zummar), stop 3 (Şamamıl), stop 5 (Ravanduz).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Zummar as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Şamamıl as worded, no place record not on the map

    1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)

    No annual entry for 1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321) before it.

    Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu (Nakil) 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1905/06 (AH 1323)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326) before it.

    Nüfus idaresi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)

    entries in 1 year

  5. Ravanduz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Nüfus memuru

    250 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 entryno entry01002003001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327300 kuruşNüfus memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 ŞAFİK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0125040021%
1904/0530040029%
1905/0630043029%
1909/1025060015%

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 ŞAFİK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First work250first-salary field
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu
3 entries
YearSalary
1900/01250
1900/01
1900/01250
250
No annual entry: 1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)
1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu (Nakil)
4 entries
YearSalary
1904/05
1904/05300
1905/06300
1905/06
1905/06AH 1323Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327Nüfus idaresi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Kirkuk (Kerkük)
1909/10AH 1327Nüfus memuru250

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Müezzin

Education

School
Rüşdiye Mektebirüşdiye school (middle school)

First work

Year
1900/01 (AH 1318)

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 6 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in the same years, MUHAMMET ŞAFİK EFENDİ had the 4th highest salary.

All 115 officials with entries in Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Same school

Of the 156 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi among their schools, 151 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞAFİK EFENDİ had the 113th highest salary of them.

All 156 officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞAFİK 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 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMET ŞAFİK EFENDİ had the 67th highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMET ŞAFİK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusuZummar250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu (Nakil)ZummarAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusuŞamamıl250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1904/05AH 1322Emlak-i hümayun şubesi korucusu (Nakil)ŞamamılAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1904/05AH 1322Emlak-i hümayun şubesi Ağcalar muavinliği kâtibiSerçinar300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-i hümayun şubesi Ağcalar muavinliği kâtibiSerçinar300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-i hümayun şubesi Ağcalar muavinliği kâtibi (İstifa)SerçinarAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1905/06AH 1323InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1909/10AH 1327Nüfus idaresi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
1909/10AH 1327Nüfus memuruRavanduz250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records293 DH_SAİD,00171_00123
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 ŞAFİK 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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