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Place

Siirt

Place in Bitlis province. Present-day country: Turkey.

23 officials are recorded serving in Siirt, from 1867 to 1907 (AH 1284 to 1324), in 80 annual entries. The median of the 79 recorded monthly salaries is 550 kuruş. The fullest year is 1890/91 with 4 officials. 6 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
23
Annual entries1867 to 1907, AH 1284 to 1324
80
Year with most officials4 officials
1890/91
Median monthly salaryfrom 79 recorded salaries
550 kuruş
Officials born here
6
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1890/91 (AH 1308) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 37.
012341868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13204 in 1890/91Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Siirt
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)212
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)212
1872/73 (AH 1289)202
1873/74 (AH 1290)313
1874/75 (AH 1291)202
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1879/80 (AH 1297)323
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)313
1883/84 (AH 1301)313
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)202
1887/88 (AH 1305)323
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)313
1890/91 (AH 1308)424
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)414
1896/97 (AH 1314)303
1897/98 (AH 1315)313
1898/99 (AH 1316)111
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)212

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 79 recorded monthly salaries is 550 kuruş, the mean 692 kuruş.
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320760 kuruş in 1906/07Siirt, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Siirt
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/6814,1004,1004,1004,100600
1868/6922,2502,2501,3253,175600
1870/711480480480480600
1871/722702.5702.5578.75826.25550
1872/732702.5702.5578.75826.25550
1873/743950831.67702.51,020500
1874/7521,0201,0209851,055535
1875/7611,0901,0901,0901,090530
1876/772795795647.5942.5575
1879/803400380295475500
1880/812395395317.5472.5500
1881/822475475437.5512.5500
1882/8335509104651,175500
1883/843550576.67465675500
1884/852590590485695500
1885/863550576.67465675500
1886/872675675612.5737.5500
1887/883550483.33325675500
1888/892675675612.5737.5500
1889/903550493.33340675500
1890/914475537.5400612.5500
1891/923600600500700500
1892/933600600500700500
1893/943600600500700500
1894/953600600500700500
1895/964500550400650500
1896/973600573.33500660500
1897/983600573.33500660500
1898/991400400400400500
1899/19001400400400400500
1900/011400400400400500
1901/021400400400400500
1903/041400400400400475
1904/051400400400400450
1905/061800800800800475
1906/072760760740780450

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

12 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 12 officials.
Muhabere Memuru122. Müdür5Duyunu Umumiye Memuru2Defter-i Hakani Kalemi1DH 2. Kitabeti1DH 3. Kitabeti1DH Baskitabeti1Evrak Kalemi11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official2 officials

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

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Officials by job title and year, Siirt
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürDuyunu Umumiye MemuruDefter-i Hakani KalemiDH 2. KitabetiDH 3. KitabetiDH BaskitabetiEvrak Kalemi
1867/68
1868/691
1870/711
1871/7211
1872/7311
1873/74111
1874/7511
1875/761
1876/7711
1879/8011
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/86111
1886/8711
1887/8812
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/91211
1891/92111
1892/93111
1893/94111
1894/95111
1895/96211
1896/97111
1897/98111
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/03
1903/041
1904/051
1905/061
1906/0711

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 12 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
SiirtIstanbul (Dersaadet)ErzurumKemaliye (Eğin)DiyarbakırAleppo (Halep)5 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 14, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Erzurum3
Kemaliye (Eğin)3
Diyarbakır2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Arapgir1
Bitlis1
Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)1
Harput1
Mardin1
Where the officials born here were serving
SiirtTripoli (Trablusgarp)BitlisDiyarbakırFizanHicaz2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 16, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)2
Bitlis1
Diyarbakır1
Fizan1
Hicaz1
Jaffa (Yafa)1
Jeddah (Cidde)1
Lubnan1
Mecca (Mekke)1
Muş1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

23 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

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

Officials of Siirt
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Cebrail Cemal Efendi1868 to 189819Duyunu Umumiye Memuru400 to 600Diyarbakır
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1887 to 1897102. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Erzurum
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1879 to 18867DH Baskitabeti190 to 400Mosul (Musul)
Mehmet Fazıl Efendi1889 to 18985Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)130 to 400Erzurum
Ahmet Hazım Efendi1870 to 18744Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)455 to 480Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Sitki Efendi1871 to 18754Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Haki Efendi1898 to 19024Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Pasinler (Hasankale)
Mahmut Raşit Efendi1873 to 187742. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,090Harput
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1883 to 188742. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Kemaliye (Eğin)
Loi Ferit Efendi1905 to 19072Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)800Deir ez-Zor (Deyrizor)
Mehmet sukru Efendi1867 to 18692Niyabet4,100Mardin
Ömer Fevzi Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Cemil Efendi1890 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Abdullah Talat Efendi1897/9812. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Sivas
Ahmet Muhtar Efendi1902/031Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Feyzi Efendi1882/831Sancak Muhasebecisi1,800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Feyzi Efendi1906/0712. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şekip Efendi1879/801Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Erzurum
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Neşet Agop Tokluyan Yakop Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Arapgir
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1887/881Duyunu Umumiye Memuru100Diyarbakır
Unnamed official (0067_00226; sayfa no:449)1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Bitlis

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

6 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Hacı Abdurrahim Muhsin Efendi 1888 to 1911, Jeddah (Cidde)
  2. Abdurrahman Vafi Efendi 1894 to 1906, Mecca (Mekke)
  3. Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi 1891 to 1903, Van
  4. Abdullah Mazhar Efendi 1888 to 1906, Urfele
  5. Hacı Abdülcemil Efendi 1905 to 1909, Jaffa (Yafa)
  6. Salih Ziya Efendi 1907/08, Diyarbakır

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Diyarbakır3
Bitlis2
Erciş2
Muş2
Ankara1
Diyadin1
Elazığ1
Khanaqin (Hanikin)1
Kotek1
Mosul (Musul)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Diyarbakır3
Van3
Bitlis2
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Al-Khums (Hums)1
Arapgir1
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)1
Elazığ1
Ioannina (Yanya)1
Kemaliye (Eğin)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 17.

Names, position and identifiers of Siirt
Place
Identifierl-042f2f5954ee38c4
Spelling in the cataloguesiirt
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceBitlis province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceSiirt
PositionLatitude 37.932366, longitude 41.93979. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SiirtEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SiirtTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SiirtSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
siirtSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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