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Place

Erbil

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

12 officials are recorded serving in Erbil, from 1870 to 1911 (AH 1287 to 1329), in 43 annual entries. The median of the 43 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş. The fullest year is 1897/98 with 3 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
12
Annual entries1870 to 1911, AH 1287 to 1329
43
Year with most officials3 officials
1897/98
Median monthly salaryfrom 43 recorded salaries
760 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1897/98 (AH 1315) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 37.
01231873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1897/98Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Erbil
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)111
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)111
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)323
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1911 (AH 1329)111

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 43 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş, the mean 661 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251,000 kuruş in 1911Erbil, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Erbil
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1870/711800800800800600
1871/721760760760760550
1872/732780780770790550
1873/741760760760760500
1874/751760760760760535
1875/761760760760760530
1876/771800800800800575
1877/781800800800800560
18781800800800800600
1878/791800800800800600
1879/801600600600600500
1880/811760760760760500
1881/821760760760760500
1882/831760760760760500
1883/841760760760760500
1884/851760760760760500
1885/861760760760760500
1886/871760760760760500
1887/881760760760760500
1888/891800800800800500
1889/901800800800800500
1890/911800800800800500
1892/931760760760760500
1893/941760760760760500
1894/951760760760760500
1896/971684684684684500
1897/983500494.67400592500
1898/991684684684684500
1899/19002492492396588500
1900/012492492396588500
1901/021300300300300500
1902/031300300300300500
1903/041300300300300475
1904/051300300300300450
1905/061300300300300475
1906/072580580470690450
191111,0001,0001,0001,000500

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

4 job titles on record. The most frequent is 2. Müdür, held by 9 officials.
2. Müdür9Muhabere Memuru23. Müdür1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official2 officials

The 4 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, Erbil
Year2. MüdürMuhabere Memuru3. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
1870/711
1871/721
1872/732
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/881
1888/891
1889/901
1890/911
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1896/971
1897/98111
1898/991
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/051
1905/061
1906/0711
19111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 4 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
Erbil1 born hereKirkuk (Kerkük)Mosul (Musul)Aleppo (Halep)DiyarbakırIstanbul (Dersaadet)Further places2 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Mosul (Musul) (3), Baghdad (Bağdat) (2), Al-Shatrah (Şatra) (1), Ali al-Gharbi (Ali el-Garbi) (1), Erbil (1), Hillah (Hille) (1), Kirkuk (Kerkük) (1), Rawanduz (Revanduz) (1), Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye) (1), Zakho (Zaho) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

12 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

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

Officials of Erbil
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Bekir Efendi1877 to 1888122. Müdürdirector of the second grade600 to 800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Ahmed İzzet Efendi1899 to 19078Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 360Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1870 to 187772. Müdürdirector of the second grade760 to 800Mosul (Musul)
Hasan Sezai Efendi1896 to 190152. Müdürdirector of the second grade684Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Vahit Efendi1888 to 189132. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Aleppo (Halep)
Neşet Efendi1892 to 189422. Müdürdirector of the second grade760Mardin
Abbas Efendi1906/0712. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Abdülhamit Efendi1872/7312. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Mosul (Musul)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1894/9512. Müdürdirector of the second grade760Diyarbakır
Ali Rıza Efendi191112. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Trabzon
Hüseyin Kemal Efendi1897/981Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Heraklion (Kandiye)
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Erbil

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

3 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. İbrahim Edip Efendi 1889 to 1905, Rawanduz (Revanduz)
  2. Mehmet Necip Efendi 1882 to 1898, Ali al-Gharbi (Ali el-Garbi)
  3. Mehmet Vehbi Efendi 1896 to 1899, Baghdad (Bağdat)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Erbil
Place
Identifierl-053b985b01d78961
Spelling in the catalogueerbil
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceMosul (Musul) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencekerkuk
PositionLatitude 36.203815, longitude 43.995612. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryIraq
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
ErbilEnglishPreferred nameEditor
ErbilTurkishPreferred nameEditor
ErbilSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
erbilSpelling 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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