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Place

Gebze

Place in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

14 officials are recorded serving in Gebze, from 1872 to 1912 (AH 1289 to 1330), in 32 annual entries. The median of the 32 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 3 officials. 5 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
14
Annual entries1872 to 1912, AH 1289 to 1330
32
Year with most officials3 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 32 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
5
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 24.
01231873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13303 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Gebze
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)111
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)333
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)323
1898/99 (AH 1316)111
1899/1900 (AH 1317)222
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)101
1911/12 (AH 1330)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 32 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 496 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330700 kuruş in 1911/12Gebze, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Gebze
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1872/7311,0001,0001,0001,000550
1873/7411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1891/921550550550550500
1892/931550550550550500
1893/941550550550550500
1894/951550550550550500
1895/963400366.67300450500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/983300380300420500
1898/991300300300300500
1899/19002400400350450500
1900/012400400350450500
1901/021300300300300500
1902/031300300300300500
1903/041300300300300475
1904/052420420360480450
1905/062420420360480475
1906/071540540540540450
1907/081540540540540300
1908/091540540540540350
1909/101700700700700462.5
1910/111700700700700500
19111700700700700500
1911/121700700700700900

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 6 officials.
Muhabere Memuru63. Müdür52. Müdür1Arazi Kalemi1Başmuhabere Memuru1Posta Memuru11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13301 official2 officials

The 6 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, Gebze
YearMuhabere Memuru3. Müdür2. MüdürArazi KalemiBaşmuhabere MemuruPosta Memuru
1872/731
1873/741
1891/921
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1895/9621
1896/971
1897/98111
1898/991
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/071
1907/081
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111
19111
1911/121

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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)

Where the officials serving here were born
Gebze1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)İzmitMăcin (Maçin)Mytilene (Midilli)Turhal8 officials1 official

All 6 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)8
İzmit2
Gebze1this place
Măcin (Maçin)1
Mytilene (Midilli)1
Turhal1

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2), Beyoğlu (1), Bursa (1), Galata (1), Gebze (1), İğneada (1), Thessaloniki (Selanik) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

14 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.

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

14 officials, the one with most annual entries here first.

Officials of Gebze
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Salih Celalettin Efendi1905 to 191283. Müdürdirector of the third grade540 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cemal Süleyman Efendi1900 to 19066Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Gebze
Mehmet Rami Efendi1891 to 18954Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official550İzmit
Ahmet Refik Efendi1899 to 190123. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Măcin (Maçin)
Ali Fehmi Kemali Efendi1872 to 18742Arazi Kalemiland office1,000İzmit
İbrahim Efendi1896 to 189823. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Mytilene (Midilli)
Abdüllatif Efendi1899/19001Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1897/981Posta Memurupostal official300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail İlmi Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Akif Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_00229; sayfa no:455-456)1895/9613. Müdürdirector of the third grade500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (111_67; 131)1904/0513. Müdürdirector of the third grade540Turhal

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

5 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Cemal Süleyman Efendi 1900 to 1907, Gebze
  2. Hüseyin Efendi 1903 to 1908, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Mehmet Ali Efendi 1903 to 1907, İğneada
  4. Hüseyin Kemal Efendi 1905 to 1908, Beyoğlu
  5. Abdullah Efendi 1905 to 1907, Galata

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)1
Ayastefanos1
Balıkesir1
Bebek1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Kadıköy1
Kartal1
Maltepe1
Mersin1
Razlog (Razlık)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 13.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
İzmit2
Beykoz1
Büyükada1
Edirne1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Maltepe1
Tavşancıl1
Üsküdar1
Names, position and identifiers of Gebze
Place
Identifierl-00dcf0757bc10488
Spelling in the cataloguegebze
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 40.801565, longitude 29.444082. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
GebzeEnglishPreferred nameEditor
GebzeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
GebzeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
gebzeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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

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