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Job title

Memur

Official

Memur is the job title in 1,403 annual entries of 338 officials, from 1844 to 1911 (AH 1260 to 1328). The median of the 1,403 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The entries name 199 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 120.

Officials
338
Annual entries1844 to 1911, AH 1260 to 1328
1,403
Year with most officials51 officials
1890/91
Median monthly salaryfrom 1,403 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Places with officials
199

Stored spellings: Memur; memur

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1890/91 (AH 1308) with 51 officials. Years with an annual entry: 69.
01020304050601844/45AH 12601853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 132051 in 1890/91Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Memur
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1844/45 (AH 1260)111
1845 (AH 1261)101
1845/46 (AH 1262)101
1846/47 (AH 1263)101
1847/48 (AH 1264)101
1848/49 (AH 1265)101
1849/50 (AH 1266)101
1850/51 (AH 1267)101
1851/52 (AH 1268)101
1852/53 (AH 1269)101
1853/54 (AH 1270)323
1854/55 (AH 1271)313
1855/56 (AH 1272)525
1856/57 (AH 1273)848
1857/58 (AH 1274)848
1858/59 (AH 1275)10410
1859/60 (AH 1276)303
1860/61 (AH 1277)10410
1861/62 (AH 1278)13513
1862/63 (AH 1279)10310
1863/64 (AH 1280)11311
1864/65 (AH 1281)16516
1865/66 (AH 1282)15215
1866/67 (AH 1283)15315
1867/68 (AH 1284)15515
1868/69 (AH 1285)16816
1869/70 (AH 1286)22722
1870/71 (AH 1287)23323
1871/72 (AH 1288)27927
1872/73 (AH 1289)321032
1873/74 (AH 1290)441744
1874/75 (AH 1291)38638
1875/76 (AH 1292)371037
1876/77 (AH 1293)331233
1877/78 (AH 1294)351235
1878 (AH 1295)34534
1878/79 (AH 1296)39839
1879/80 (AH 1297)29729
1880/81 (AH 1298)341234
1881/82 (AH 1299)36636
1882/83 (AH 1300)30330
1883/84 (AH 1301)26326
1884/85 (AH 1302)27427
1885/86 (AH 1303)23123
1886/87 (AH 1304)31931
1887/88 (AH 1305)351035
1888/89 (AH 1306)401540
1889/90 (AH 1307)471247
1890/91 (AH 1308)51851
1891/92 (AH 1309)45745
1892/93 (AH 1310)391039
1893/94 (AH 1311)36436
1894/95 (AH 1312)30530
1895/96 (AH 1313)24324
1896/97 (AH 1314)321532
1897/98 (AH 1315)31631
1898/99 (AH 1316)26326
1899/1900 (AH 1317)31731
1900/01 (AH 1318)28228
1901/02 (AH 1319)25325
1902/03 (AH 1320)25725
1903/04 (AH 1321)25625
1904/05 (AH 1322)23523
1905/06 (AH 1323)18418
1906/07 (AH 1324)11111
1907/08 (AH 1325)212
1908/09 (AH 1326)212
1909/10 (AH 1327)535
1910/11 (AH 1328)101

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 1,403 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 391 kuruş.
02004006008001844/45AH 12601853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 500 kuruş in 1909/10Memur, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Memur
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1844/45140404040400
1845150505050350
1845/46180808080300
1846/471100100100100300
1847/481120120120120250
1848/491130130130130300
1849/501130130130130250
1850/511500500500500175
1851/521500500500500282.5
1852/531500500500500350
1853/543500466.67450500400
1854/553400450325550400
1855/565250350250400450
1856/578300337.5237.5425375
1857/588500512.5350712.5475
1858/5910325390200500500
1859/603500433.33300600500
1860/6110475445250500500
1861/6213250370.77200500600
1862/6310460374175500500
1863/6411420406.36275500500
1864/6516490460.38275577625
1865/6615330464.4250588650
1866/6715500461300571600
1867/6815400437.07250576.5600
1868/6916325428.5200590.25600
1869/7022408469.64212.5596.75600
1870/7123300391.13200543.5600
1871/7227380410.56225575550
1872/7332300344.06180456.25550
1873/7444340330120450500
1874/7538250320.87120468.75535
1875/7637300337.65150475530
1876/7733400410200550575
1877/7835400447.71225600560
187834450456.76325600600
1878/7939500416.15165600600
1879/8029380351.62200500500
1880/8134350342.41200468.75500
1881/8236390367.28250500500
1882/8330400400.57288.75500500
1883/8426425460.65300500500
1884/8527400465.74292.5550500
1885/8623500512.17325575500
1886/8731400451.61292.5575500
1887/8835300427.63245525500
1888/8940375408.18200600500
1889/9047300365.34150575500
1890/9151285340.06135500500
1891/9245200327.87100500500
1892/9339200307.31100450500
1893/9436225333.06137.5425500
1894/9530268.5308.9113.75430500
1895/9624281317.79150481.25500
1896/9732300325.66200496.25500
1897/9831300327.77175495500
1898/9926362.5349.73205498.75500
1899/190031400386.61260540500
1900/0128400421.79276.25555500
1901/0225425453.6300600500
1902/0325400391.2250540500
1903/0425450427.16270600475
1904/0523450468.22285600450
1905/0618520527.78347.5700475
1906/0711600562.73500700450
1907/082500500350650300
1908/092325325287.5362.5350
1909/105500640300800462.5
1910/111300300300300500

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.

Places

The 150 places with most officials, of 199.

Show the other 125 places
Places of Memur, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Babi seraskeriIstanbul (Dersaadet) province2211889 to 1906
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)Kosovo (Kosova) province2131860 to 1902
BozcaadaArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province291892 to 1901
FatihIstanbul (Dersaadet) province281888 to 1901
TarsusAdana province281876 to 1895
HicazHejaz (Hicaz) province271883 to 1905
ÜnyeTrabzon province271872 to 1882
KosovaKosovo (Kosova) province261886 to 1892
MisirEgypt (Mısır) province261883 to 1904
Sliven (İslimiye)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province261856 to 1871
TavşancılIstanbul (Dersaadet) province261896 to 1902
YalvaçKonya province261878 to 1893
Kumanovo (Kumanova)Kosovo (Kosova) province251877 to 1889
TekirdağEdirne province251870 to 1874
TrabzonTrabzon province251853 to 1872
AzapkapıIstanbul (Dersaadet) province241903 to 1907
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province241877 to 1903
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) (spelt yenisehir)Thessaly (Teselya) province241858 to 1866
Soufli (Sofulu)Edirne province241889 to 1894
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province231878 to 1883
BasraBasra province231869 to 1906
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)Ioannina (Yanya) province231871 to 1907
MalatyaMamuretülaziz province231872 to 1891
Malko Tarnovo (Tırnovacık)Edirne province231884 to 1904
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province231872 to 1884
Tripoli (Trablusşam)Beirut (Beyrut) province231880 to 1906
VidinDanube (Tuna) province231857 to 1873
HopaTrabzon province221890 to 1895
Marmara EreğlisiEdirne province221881 to 1892
Razgrad (Hezargrad)Danube (Tuna) province221877/78
Ruse (Rusçuk)Danube (Tuna) province221856 to 1877
Shkodër (İşkodra)Shkodër (İşkodra) province221863 to 1878
ÇanakkaleBiga province221873 to 1905
Büyükçekmece (Çekmece-i Kebir)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province1181873 to 1890
Debrei balaBitola (Manastır) province1131883 to 1896
Tersanei amireIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1131893 to 1906
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)Kosovo (Kosova) province1121895 to 1907
HarbiyeIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1101871 to 1880
InciliIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1101873 to 1882
OkcubasiIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1101897 to 1907
KaracaköyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province191872 to 1880
Saimbeyli (Haçin)Adana province191868 to 1877
Sapancaİzmit province191882 to 1891
BartınKastamonu province181876 to 1883
TermeTrabzon province181882 to 1890
BeykozIstanbul (Dersaadet) province171885 to 1892
BüyükdereIstanbul (Dersaadet) province171877 to 1883
Nea Zichni (Zihne)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province171878 to 1885
Ağrı (Karakilise)Erzurum province161863 to 1869
Karacabey (Mihaliç)Hüdavendigâr province161882 to 1888
TutayfBaghdad (Bağdat) province161856 to 1862
Yeni camii postanesiIstanbul (Dersaadet) province161899 to 1905
SelimiyeIstanbul (Dersaadet) province151878 to 1882
SilivriIstanbul (Dersaadet) province151860 to 1865
VanVan province151892 to 1897
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)Danube (Tuna) province151871 to 1876
BabialiIstanbul (Dersaadet) province141885 to 1889
ConelIoannina (Yanya) province141888 to 1892
DemirtasEdirne province141888 to 1892
Genisea (Yenice-i Karasu)Edirne province141875 to 1878
Latakia (Lazkiye)Beirut (Beyrut) province141889 to 1893
Mosul (Musul)Mosul (Musul) province141867 to 1871
MudanyaHüdavendigâr province141887 to 1891
SeferihisarAydın province141881 to 1885
Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province141853 to 1857
AyvalıkBalıkesir province131885 to 1888
Blagoevgrad (Yukarı Cuma)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province131896 to 1899
Constanța (Köstence)Danube (Tuna) province131862 to 1865
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)Edirne province131875 to 1879
GeredeKastamonu province131883 to 1886
Ioannina (Yanya)Ioannina (Yanya) province131900 to 1903
Kandıraİzmit province131882 to 1885
KaraburunIstanbul (Dersaadet) province131877 to 1879
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) (spelt yenisehiri fener)Thessaly (Teselya) province131865 to 1868
Lemnos (Limni)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province131889 to 1892
LomDanube (Tuna) province131858 to 1862
Nova Zagora (Yeni Zağra)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province131872 to 1875
Pomorie (Ahyolu)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province131871 to 1874
SamatyaIstanbul (Dersaadet) province131886 to 1889
Shëngjin (Şengin)Shkodër (İşkodra) province131880 to 1883
SinopKastamonu province131881 to 1884
AkçadağMamuretülaziz province121890 to 1892
Al-Salt (Salt)Syria (Suriye) province121885 to 1887
ArnavutkoyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121903 to 1905
Arta (Narda)Ioannina (Yanya) province121879 to 1881
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)Syria (Suriye) province121881 to 1883
Babadag (Babadağ)Danube (Tuna) province121876 to 1878
BalatIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121899 to 1901
BeşiktaşIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121899 to 1901
BitlisBitlis province121890 to 1892
BoranMamuretülaziz province121888 to 1890
EreğliKonya province121888 to 1890
Haskovo (Hasköy)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province121897 to 1899
Jableh (Cebele)Beirut (Beyrut) province121882 to 1884
KadıköyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121880 to 1882
KaraagacIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121875 to 1877
KüçükköyHüdavendigâr province121878 to 1879
MazgirtMamuretülaziz province121886 to 1888
Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)Danube (Tuna) province121874 to 1876
PrizrenKosovo (Kosova) province121881 to 1883
SilifkeAdana province121892 to 1894
SiverekDiyarbakır province121864 to 1866
TarabyaIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121873 to 1875
ÇarşambaTrabzon province121886 to 1888
İğneadaEdirne province121904 to 1906
Acre (Akka)Beirut (Beyrut) province111890/91
AdanaAdana province111903/04
Adapazarıİzmit province111879/80
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)Yemen province111884/85
Al-Faw (Fav)Basra province111905/06
Al-Nabk (Nebek)Syria (Suriye) province111880/81
AlacaagizKastamonu province111882/83
AnadolukavağıIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111883/84
Anah (Ane)Baghdad (Bağdat) province111905/06
Ardino (Eğridere)Edirne province111882/83
Artvin (Livane)Trabzon province111870/71
BalıkesirHüdavendigâr province111901/02
BandırmaHüdavendigâr province111879/80
BaruthaneIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111878
Batumi (Batum)Trabzon province111869/70
BeraneKosovo (Kosova) province111886/87
BoluKastamonu province111876/77
Burgas (Burgaz)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province111906/07
CokeEdirne province111906/07
Damascus (Şam)Syria (Suriye) province111879/80

Every place is in the data file of this page.

Ottoman officials recorded

The 100 officials with most annual entries, of 338. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Memur
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hasan Sıtkı Efendi1873 to 190734100 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Safvet Efendi1877 to 190226150 to 650Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Papasyan Efendi1868 to 189426150 to 1,675Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1860 to 188021400 to 600Kütahya
Mehmet Raif Efendi1872 to 189221120 to 600Tekirdağ
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1873 to 189220500 to 700Gelibolu
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1888 to 190719150 to 800Ruse (Rusçuk)
Mehmet Ali Bey1877 to 189519100 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Efendi1882 to 190018200 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İhsan Efendi1887 to 190518200 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi1889 to 19061760 to 490Kastamonu
Yakup Efendi1876 to 18951795 to 500Latakia (Lazkiye)
Ali Kemal Bey1891 to 19071670 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1880 to 189616500 to 600Boyabat
Mehmet Asım Efendi1876 to 189116200 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bagdik Maksut Efendi1880 to 189515200 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahrettin Efendi1891 to 19051450 to 270Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Nihalettin Efendi1878 to 19031350 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadullah Efendi1893 to 19061350 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Refet Efendi1869 to 188012150 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Hamdi Efendi1879 to 189112140 to 300Trabzon
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1895 to 190712540 to 600Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Mahmud Kamil Efendi1888 to 190012150 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ata Efendi1871 to 189212120 to 750Kirim
Mehmet Hakkı Efendi1871 to 188212500 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 75 officials
Officials of Memur, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ömer Fuad Efendi1872 to 188312100 to 600Bolu
Ahmet Munir Bey1844 to 18541140 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Enver Efendi1880 to 189111600Skopje (Üsküp)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1896 to 190711500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Canib Efendi1889 to 19001150 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Nafiz Efendi1857 to 186811400 to 500Taşköprü
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1878 to 18881195 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1877 to 188711100 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Efendi1878 to 19051195 to 684Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Pierre Hason Efendi1861 to 187211200 to 1,060Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Necip Bey1894 to 19041050 to 70Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cemal Efendi1862 to 18721050 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1868 to 187910600Pleven (Plevne)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1870 to 187910250 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Efendi1874 to 188310145 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Efendi1880 to 18899300Mosul (Musul)
Ahmet Efendi1872 to 18809380 to 500Terkos
Hüseyin Avni Efendi1881 to 18929142 to 240Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Mehmet Mazhar Efendi1888 to 19119120 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Zeynel Sami Efendi1882 to 19029285 to 400Neapoli (Nasliç)
Hasan Said Efendi1856 to 18658200 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Şükrü Efendi1876 to 18958500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1887 to 18958350Edremit
Mehmet Hayri Bey1896 to 19048576 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdulkerim Efendi1860 to 1867750 to 500Kosova
Anastaş Nikolaidis Efendi1869 to 18767300 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Aziz Mahmut Efendi1877 to 18837500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
El-Hac Ahmet Nafiz Efendi1853 to 18607500 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kapril Efendi1867 to 18747200 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Tahir Efendi1860 to 18677450 to 960Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Hilmi Efendi1889 to 18967400 to 440Tosya
Osman Nuri Efendi1875 to 18907455 to 800Kemaliye (Eğin)
Abdullah Zeki Efendi1868 to 18746760 to 850Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1899 to 19056600 to 780Ayastefanos
Ali Rıza Efendi1868 to 18746300 to 400Pomorie (Ahyolu)
Ali Rıza Efendi1886 to 18926600 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali sefik Efendi1873 to 18786300 to 400Divriği
Hacı Mehmet Mecit Efendi1863 to 18696150 to 300Kemah
Hacı Mehmet Reşit Efendi1856 to 1862650 to 250Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hasan Fehmi Efendi1896 to 19026300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Mazhar Efendi1897 to 19036200 to 300Tuna
Mikail Kuyumcuyan Efendi1901 to 19076600 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ohannes Holas Efendi1865 to 18716400 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Kamil Efendi1896 to 1901550 to 100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Kâşif Efendi1871 to 18765150Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Ahmet Münir Efendi1891 to 1896525Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rifat Efendi1856 to 18635500Ruse (Rusçuk)
Ali Haydar Efendi1883 to 188851,250 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Nevzad Bey1869 to 18745150 to 475Erzurum
Emrullah Efendi1868 to 18735200Biga
Hafız Bekir Sıdkı Efendi1872 to 18775200 to 300Izmir (İzmir)
Hafiz Bekir Sidki Efendi1888 to 18935475 to 500Sivas
Hasan Şevket Efendi1896 to 19015495Vidin
Hasan Şevki Efendi1877 to 18855600 to 1,000Dupnitsa (Dupniçe)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1890 to 1895550 to 110Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Nazmi Efendi1892 to 18975100 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İhsan Efendi1897 to 1902545 to 400Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1889 to 18945100 to 175Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi1889 to 18945200 to 250Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Nazif Efendi1898 to 1903560 to 130Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1870 to 18755180 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Bey1869 to 18745250 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1871 to 18765400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Said Efendi1896 to 19035285Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1868 to 18745250 to 600Trabzon
Süleyman Necati Efendi1892 to 18975160 to 262Van
Yusuf Kemal Efendi1874 to 1878530 to 80Ürgüp
Abdullah Nafiz Bey1867 to 18714200Alanya (Alaiye)
Ahmed Hulusi Efendi1881 to 18854300 to 400Nablus
Ahmet Emin Bey1853 to 18574400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Halit Efendi1898 to 19024495Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Raşit Efendi1870 to 18744190 to 260Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Şakir Efendi1868 to 18724380 to 400Ankara
Ahmet Şevki Efendi1867 to 18714160Nigbolu
Ali Galip Efendi1876 to 18794100Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

The other officials are listed on the pages of the places above. All of them are in the data file of this page.

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