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Kirkuk (Kerkük)

Place in Mosul (Musul) province. Present-day country: Iraq.

45 officials are recorded serving in Kirkuk (Kerkük), from 1864 to 1909 (AH 1281 to 1326), in 145 annual entries. The median of the 144 recorded monthly salaries is 380 kuruş. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 8 officials. 30 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
45
Annual entries1864 to 1909, AH 1281 to 1326
145
Year with most officials8 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 144 recorded salaries
380 kuruş
Officials born here
30
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 8 officials. Years with an annual entry: 41.
024681868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13258 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)222
1876/77 (AH 1293)222
1877/78 (AH 1294)323
1878 (AH 1295)303
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)414
1880/81 (AH 1298)323
1881/82 (AH 1299)444
1882/83 (AH 1300)313
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)525
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)222
1889/90 (AH 1307)424
1890/91 (AH 1308)525
1891/92 (AH 1309)505
1892/93 (AH 1310)414
1893/94 (AH 1311)515
1894/95 (AH 1312)515
1895/96 (AH 1313)838
1896/97 (AH 1314)505
1897/98 (AH 1315)303
1898/99 (AH 1316)303
1899/1900 (AH 1317)414
1900/01 (AH 1318)414
1901/02 (AH 1319)505
1902/03 (AH 1320)616
1903/04 (AH 1321)606
1904/05 (AH 1322)606
1905/06 (AH 1323)646
1906/07 (AH 1324)535
1907/08 (AH 1325)303
1908/09 (AH 1326)313

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 144 recorded monthly salaries is 380 kuruş, the mean 474 kuruş.
01002003004005006001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 250 kuruş in 1906/07Kirkuk (Kerkük), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/6511,4401,4401,4401,440625
1865/6611,7501,7501,7501,750650
1868/691400400400400600
1869/701400400400400600
1872/731400400400400550
1874/751400400400400535
1875/762400400400400530
1876/772725725587.5862.5575
1877/783500650475750560
18782750750625875600
1878/793500633.33450750600
1879/804525618.75478.75665500
1880/813380332.33308.5380500
1881/824427.5546.25380593.75500
1882/833380411.67380427.5500
1883/842380380332.5427.5500
1884/853380385340427.5500
1885/863380385340427.5500
1886/875380387380400500
1887/882387.5387.5343.75431.25500
1888/892340340320360500
1889/904380502.5360522.5500
1890/915380482380500500
1891/925380482380500500
1892/934380477.5360497.5500
1893/945380420300380500
1894/955380458380380500
1895/968390561.25380512.5500
1896/975380461380400500
1897/983380508.33380572.5500
1898/993380541.67380622.5500
1899/19004380468.75347.5501.25500
1900/014380468.75347.5501.25500
1901/025380425250380500
1902/036340404.17262.5380500
1903/046340404.17262.5380475
1904/056380445.83320470450
1905/066325399.17262.5372.5475
1906/075250393250380450
1907/083250293.33250315300
1908/093250283.33235315350

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Jobs each year

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 37 officials.
Muhabere Memuru372. Müdür6Posta Memuru31. Müdür1Başmuhabere Memuru1Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini1Müdür1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official6 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürPosta Memuru1. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruBidayet Mahkemesi MuaviniMüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
1864/651
1865/661
1868/691
1869/701
1872/731
1874/751
1875/762
1876/7711
1877/7821
187811
1878/7921
1879/8031
1880/813
1881/8231
1882/833
1883/842
1884/853
1885/863
1886/8741
1887/882
1888/892
1889/9031
1890/9141
1891/9241
1892/9331
1893/9441
1894/9541
1895/96611
1896/97311
1897/98111
1898/9921
1899/190031
1900/0131
1901/02311
1902/03411
1903/04411
1904/053111
1905/06411
1906/0741
1907/083
1908/093

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

Birthplaces and places of service

A line links a birthplace and a place of service. A thicker line means more officials, and the arrow head points from the birthplace to the place of service. Places far away are drawn in a small map in a corner.

All years

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Kirkuk (Kerkük)15 born hereBaghdad (Bağdat)DiyarbakırAleppo (Halep)ErzurumIstanbul (Dersaadet)6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 20, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Kirkuk (Kerkük)15this place
Baghdad (Bağdat)6
Diyarbakır3
Aleppo (Halep)2
Erzurum2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Khanaqin (Hanikin)2
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Çemişgezek1
Erbil1
Where the officials born here were serving
Kirkuk (Kerkük)15 serving hereBaghdad (Bağdat)Mosul (Musul)Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)BasraKarbala (Kerbela)Bajil (Bacil)HicazFurther placesCrete (Girit)Further places16 officials1 official

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

45 officials, ordered by the first year on record. A row shows in which years an official has an annual entry here and where the entries stop.
1451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post and Telegraph entryEntry of another institution

A gap in a row is a year without an annual entry here. It does not show that the official had left. The list of officials gives the first and the last year of each.

Ottoman officials recorded here

45 officials, the one with most annual entries here first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Kirkuk (Kerkük)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Neşet Efendi1886 to 1907142. Müdürdirector of the second grade380 to 865Mardin
Esad Efendi1892 to 190512Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdülaziz Efendi1893 to 190511Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)190 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Emin Şevket Efendi1881 to 18887Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1888 to 18957Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abbas Efendi1890 to 18966Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1889 to 18986Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Ruhi Efendi1900 to 19055Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 500Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1883 to 18885Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muhyiddin Kabil Efendi1899 to 19055Posta Memurupostal official250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1890 to 189442. Müdürdirector of the second grade850Diyarbakır
Ali Galib Efendi1905 to 19094Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1882 to 18874Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Erbil
Mehmet Salih Efendi1877 to 18804Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)475 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi1877 to 188042. Müdürdirector of the second grade950 to 1,000Erzurum
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1888 to 18924Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 500Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi1876 to 18814Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 450Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hamdi Efendi1906 to 19093Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1868 to 18702Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Şefik Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmet Şekip Efendi1881 to 18832Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Erzurum
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1864 to 186621. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,440 to 1,750Yozgat
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1878 to 18802Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 480Aleppo (Halep)
SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ1895 to 18972Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdülmecit Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)220Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Show the other 20 officials
Officials of Kirkuk (Kerkük), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1889/9012. Müdürdirector of the second grade950Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Ahmet İzzet Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmet Mazhar Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)220Hillah (Hille)
Ahmet Reşit Efendi1881/8212. Müdürdirector of the second grade950Sivas
Bekir Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Fethi Zağbi Efendi1886/871Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Aleppo (Halep)
Hacı Ömer Efendi1876/7712. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Diyarbakır
Hafiz Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi1895/961Bidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniassistant at a court of first instance1,400Konya
Lütfullah Efendi1881/821Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Muhlis Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)237Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Mehmed Şükrü Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Mehmet Cevad Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Diyarbakır
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)570Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Said Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1880/811Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Beirut (Beyrut)
Mustafa İzzet Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Çemişgezek
Mustafa Kafi Efendi1874/751Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Tokat
Unnamed official (121-110-215)1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Kifri (Salahiye)

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Officials born here

30 officials of the collection were born here. 15 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Bekir Efendi 1868 to 1907, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  2. İsmail Hakkı Efendi 1873 to 1904, Karbala (Kerbela)
  3. Mehmet Salih Efendi 1876 to 1905, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  4. Abbas Efendi 1881 to 1907, Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
  5. Zeynelabidin Efendi 1878 to 1902, Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)
  6. Hasan Hüsnü Efendi 1884 to 1906, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  7. Yusuf Ziya Efendi 1864 to 1885, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  8. Mehmed Muhlis Efendi 1880 to 1896, Mosul (Musul)
  9. Esad Efendi 1892 to 1907, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  10. Halil Şükrü Efendi 1892 to 1906, Crete (Girit)
  11. Abdülaziz Efendi 1893 to 1906, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  12. Tahir Efendi 1891 to 1904, Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)
  13. Kevser Efendi 1891 to 1901, Zor
  14. Mehmet Salih Efendi 1888 to 1897, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  15. Mehmet Ruhi Efendi 1900 to 1908, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  16. Ahmet İzzet Efendi 1899 to 1906, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  17. Hamdi Efendi 1902 to 1909, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  18. Muhyiddin Kabil Efendi 1899 to 1906, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  19. SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ 1895 to 1900, Mosul (Musul)
  20. Ali Galib Efendi 1905 to 1909, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  21. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi 1903 to 1907, Kadhimiya (Kâzımiye)
  22. Yahya Naci Efendi 1903 to 1907, İzmit
  23. Behçet Efendi 1904 to 1907, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  24. Mehmet Fahri Efendi 1910 to 1911, Altun Kupri (Altınköprü)
  25. Mehmet Şefik Efendi 1906 to 1908, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  26. Abdülmecit Efendi 1906/07, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  27. Halid Efendi 1907/08, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  28. Mehmet Şakir Efendi 1907/08, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  29. Unnamed official (0087_0094, sayfa no:185.) 1885 to 1905, Baghdad (Bağdat)
  30. Unnamed official (0086_0154:303) 1895 to 1905, Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Mosul (Musul)10
Baghdad (Bağdat)6
Basra5
Khanaqin (Hanikin)3
Nasiriyah (Nasıriye)3
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)2
Erbil2
Ali al-Gharbi (Ali el-Garbi)1
Cemcemal1
Deyzi1

The 10 places with most officials, of 20.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Baghdad (Bağdat)6
Mosul (Musul)6
Al Diwaniyah (Divaniye)2
Basra2
Cizre2
Hillah (Hille)2
Karbala (Kerbela)2
Acre (Akka)1
Al-Sadiyah (Kızılrabat)1
Amarah (Amare)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 21.

Names, position and identifiers of Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Place
Identifierl-44c2643998b347ff
Spelling in the cataloguekerkuk
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceMosul (Musul) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceKerkuk
PositionLatitude 35.475053, longitude 44.391567. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KerkükTurkishPreferred nameEditor
KirkukEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KerkukSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
kerkukSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Anwer (2021), 264 entries, 12 probably and 12 possibly officials of this collection.

Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları

ORHAN ABDULBASIT ANWER ANWER (2021), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Kerküklü).

Entries of Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Kerküklü devlet adamları
Name as printedPagesOfficial of the collection
BEKİR EFENDİPDF 48, 49Probably Bekir Efendi
KEVSER EFENDİPDF 68, 69Probably Kevser Efendi
İSMAİL HAKKİ EFENDİPDF 71, 72Probably İsmail Hakkı Efendi
HALİL ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİPDF 99, 100Probably Halil Şükrü Efendi
TAHİR EFENDİPDF 169, 170, 171Probably Tahir Efendi
HASAN HÜSNÜ EFENDİPDF 231, 232, 233Probably Hasan Hüsnü Efendi
YUSUF ZİYA EFENDİPDF 246, 247, 248, 249Probably Yusuf Ziya Efendi
HALİT EFENDİPDF 342Probably Halid Efendi
YAHYA NACİ EFENDİPDF 355, 356Probably Yahya Naci Efendi
HAMDİ EFENDİPDF 356, 357Probably Hamdi Efendi

254 more entries are onthe page of the work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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