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Mevrude Memuru

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Mevrude Memuru is the job title in 491 annual entries of 104 officials, from 1866 to 1909 (AH 1283 to 1326). The median of the 491 recorded monthly salaries is 330 kuruş. The entries name 11 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 61.

Officials
104
Annual entries1866 to 1909, AH 1283 to 1326
491
Year with most officials33 officials
1901/02
Median monthly salaryfrom 491 recorded salaries
330 kuruş
Places with officials
11

Stored spellings: Mevrude Memuru; mevrude memuru

Note: The records do not say whether the items are letters or telegrams; grouped with the postal service

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1901/02 (AH 1319) with 33 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
0102030401868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132533 in 1901/02Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mevrude Memuru
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)101
1869/70 (AH 1286)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)303
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)323
1881/82 (AH 1299)747
1882/83 (AH 1300)505
1883/84 (AH 1301)515
1884/85 (AH 1302)616
1885/86 (AH 1303)626
1886/87 (AH 1304)727
1887/88 (AH 1305)818
1888/89 (AH 1306)505
1889/90 (AH 1307)959
1890/91 (AH 1308)11211
1891/92 (AH 1309)10110
1892/93 (AH 1310)17917
1893/94 (AH 1311)20320
1894/95 (AH 1312)271027
1895/96 (AH 1313)26426
1896/97 (AH 1314)29529
1897/98 (AH 1315)25125
1898/99 (AH 1316)26626
1899/1900 (AH 1317)30630
1900/01 (AH 1318)30430
1901/02 (AH 1319)331133
1902/03 (AH 1320)33733
1903/04 (AH 1321)32532
1904/05 (AH 1322)26326
1905/06 (AH 1323)19019
1906/07 (AH 1324)818
1907/08 (AH 1325)323
1908/09 (AH 1326)535

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 491 recorded monthly salaries is 330 kuruş, the mean 368 kuruş.
02004006001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 150 kuruş in 1908/09Mevrude Memuru, 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, Mevrude Memuru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1866/671400400400400600
1867/681400400400400600
1868/691400400400400600
1869/701400400400400600
1870/711400400400400600
1871/721450450450450550
1872/731450450450450550
1873/741500500500500500
1874/751500500500500535
1875/761500500500500530
1876/772350350250450575
1877/783150266.67125350560
18783250350250400600
1878/792425425337.5512.5600
1880/813500483.33425550500
1881/827350407.14225550500
1882/835350440250600500
1883/845350440250600500
1884/856425483.33275725500
1885/866350450237.5687.5500
1886/877400478.57350600500
1887/888450515.62368.75575500
1888/895500430350500500
1889/909300377.78100650500
1890/9111300374.55210575500
1891/9210312.5349.5165462.5500
1892/9317300340250430500
1893/9420312.5347.5237.5407.5500
1894/9527325332.78210430500
1895/9626327.5350.19235447.5500
1896/9729300327.79150480500
1897/9825275339.44160480500
1898/9926255322.35175427.5500
1899/190030300344.63212.5477.5500
1900/0130300351.47200500500
1901/0233300351.06200400500
1902/0333360385.61220500500
1903/0432362.5391.06242.5450475
1904/0526350414.38205568.75450
1905/0619310353.05215431.5475
1906/078575520.38397.25700450
1907/083100183.33100225300
1908/095150190100250350

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.

Ottoman officials recorded

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

Officials of Mevrude Memuru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Haydar Efendi1885 to 190116200 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İstapan Parunaki Efendi1889 to 190516750 to 1,550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ebugarar Efendi1866 to 188216400 to 600Misir
Antuvan Kabareciyan Efendi1892 to 190715430 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1892 to 190715100 to 413Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Todori Efendi1876 to 190714150 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Cemal Efendi1892 to 190513600 to 700Üsküdar
Mehmet Ramazan Efendi1892 to 190412300 to 450Kirim
Arif Cemil Efendi1898 to 190911250 to 350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Efendi1895 to 19061130 to 300Malatya
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1894 to 19061040 to 350Lom
Basri Efendi1896 to 19061050 to 200Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi1894 to 19041080 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Efendi1892 to 19019400 to 500Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
Supun Efendi1889 to 18989300Izmir (İzmir)
Abdurrahman Şakir Bey1883 to 18918250 to 650Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kirkor Efendi1880 to 18888600 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Efendi1894 to 19028225 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Selim Efendi1893 to 19018400 to 500Chirpan (Çırpan)
Ahmet Bahaettin Efendi1899 to 1906730 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Kemal Efendi1893 to 19007400 to 480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Ziya Efendi1899 to 19067375 to 475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Andon Efendi1881 to 18887750 to 900Ankara
İsmet Efendi1899 to 19067110 to 310Sarajevo (Saraybosna)
Mehmet Ali Efendi1890 to 18977300 to 330Akşehir
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Officials of Mevrude Memuru, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Reşat Efendi1895 to 1902790 to 200Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mustafa Talat Efendi1894 to 19017100 to 250Benghazi (Bingazi)
Artin Ayvazyan Efendi1892 to 18986430 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Suphi Efendi1898 to 19046400 to 540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İspiraki Efendi1900 to 1906650 to 230Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1892 to 18986250 to 275Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa İhsan Efendi1886 to 18926400 to 650Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Sarafim Efendi1891 to 18976325Aydın
Ahmet Efendi1902 to 19075400 to 450Bolu
Ahmet Sırrı Efendi1895 to 19005110 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Kemal Efendi1901 to 19065220 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Cemalettin Efendi1902 to 1907550 to 150Oryahovo (Rahova)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1889 to 18945100 to 140Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1889 to 18945100 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Recai Efendi1881 to 18865200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rıfat Efendi1901 to 19065300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi1880 to 18855350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nikolaki Efendi1890 to 18955350Izmir (İzmir)
Salih Nazmi Efendi1900 to 19055400 to 420Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vasilaki Efendi1902 to 19075650 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Sitki Efendi1901 to 19054250Erzincan
Elyaho Romano1898 to 19024260 to 290Damascus (Şam)
Emin Efendi1892 to 18964275 to 375Trabzon
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1887 to 18914300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1885 to 18894350Nevşehir
Ahmed Refik Efendi1901 to 19063400Plovdiv (Filibe)
Artin Ernaki Köleyan Efendi1896 to 18993100 to 190Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Emin Zihni Efendi1901 to 19043300 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Habip Efendi1889 to 1892350 to 100Damascus (Şam)
Hasan Cemal Efendi1898 to 19013350 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1903 to 19063180 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Halid Efendi1892 to 18953200 to 220Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Celalettin Fikri Efendi1902 to 19053500 to 900Beypazarı
Mehmet Hamdi Efendi1898 to 19013200 to 300Beypazarı
Mehmet İsmail Efendi1901 to 19043400 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Daver Bey1897 to 19003250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Raşit Efendi1900 to 19033100 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vasil Rüstem Efendi1877 to 18793100 to 250Darıca
Ali Kemal Efendi1900 to 19022150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Arganyan Karekin Efendi1894 to 18962420 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Arif Efendi1899 to 19012510 to 550Kalaba
Aristidi Efendi1884 to 18882400 to 500Bursa
Dikran Papazyan Efendi1901 to 19032600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Fehmi Efendi1894 to 18962400 to 430Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Mazlum Efendi1896 to 18982540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İlyaho Romanov Efendi1899 to 19012260Damascus (Şam)
Kosti Efendi1895 to 18972250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İrfan Efendi1907 to 19092100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Niyazi Efendi1898 to 1900250 to 100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1901 to 19032100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadık Efendi1881 to 18832250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1902 to 19052150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1901 to 19032400Ünye
Osman Nuri Efendi1904 to 19062100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Hulusi Efendi1896 to 18982250Niš (Niş)
Ziya Efendi1899 to 1901280 to 100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülkadir Efendi1907/081100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Cevdet Efendi1903/041450Sofia (Sofya)
Halil Rasih Efendi1901/021400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü1896/97160Elazığ
İskarlato Roskoviç Efendi1881/821200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Cemil Efendi1894/95140Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Efendi1908/091100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Muhtar Bey1894/951200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İstefan Efendi1904/051600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Bey1893/941200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Efendi1908/091250Kirim
Mehmet Fuat Efendi1906/071700Mersin
MEHMET HAZIM EFENDİ1903/041100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muhsin Efendi1904/051350Kemah
Mehmet Necip Efendi1886/871400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1894/951150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Resmi Efendi1902/031500Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1902/031500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Rüstem Nuri Efendi1903/041100Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Salih Salim Efendi1903/041250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0065_0158; 313)1894 to 18973600Burdur
Unnamed official (0086_0157: 309)1901/021250Çanakkale
Unnamed official (0157_0185; 365)1908/091150Ruse (Rusçuk)

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

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