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Place

Niš (Niş)

Place in Danube (Tuna) province. Present-day country: Serbia.

47 officials are recorded serving in Niš (Niş), from 1857 to 1905 (AH 1274 to 1322), in 125 annual entries. The median of the 125 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş. The fullest year is 1877/78 with 13 officials. 26 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
47
Annual entries1857 to 1905, AH 1274 to 1322
125
Year with most officials13 officials
1877/78
Median monthly salaryfrom 125 recorded salaries
540 kuruş
Officials born here
26
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1877/78 (AH 1294) with 13 officials. Years with an annual entry: 30.
0510151858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 132013 in 1877/78Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Niš (Niş)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1857/58 (AH 1274)222
1859/60 (AH 1276)111
1860/61 (AH 1277)212
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)212
1864/65 (AH 1281)434
1865/66 (AH 1282)515
1866/67 (AH 1283)515
1867/68 (AH 1284)525
1868/69 (AH 1285)646
1869/70 (AH 1286)727
1870/71 (AH 1287)838
1871/72 (AH 1288)717
1872/73 (AH 1289)727
1873/74 (AH 1290)838
1874/75 (AH 1291)707
1875/76 (AH 1292)929
1876/77 (AH 1293)11711
1877/78 (AH 1294)13813
1878 (AH 1295)313
1896/97 (AH 1314)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)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 125 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 669 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 500 kuruş in 1877/78Niš (Niş), 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, Niš (Niş)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1857/5821,0001,0007501,250475
1859/601200200200200500
1860/612475475337.5612.5500
1861/621200200200200600
1862/631300300300300500
1863/642400400350450500
1864/654575.5862.75506.25932625
1865/665720869.2576750650
1866/675600945.25761,100600
1867/685600720480720600
1868/696540666.67480870600
1869/707600644.29480750600
1870/718600578.75472.5600600
1871/727570688.57475585550
1872/737570781.43450935550
1873/748570780500887.5500
1874/757570705.71500660535
1875/769570782.22500750530
1876/7711500495.91350600575
1877/7813500603.85500600560
18783500916.675001,125600
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1898/991540540540540500
1899/19001540540540540500
1900/011540540540540500
1901/021540540540540500
1902/032420420360480500
1903/042420420360480475
1904/051450450450450450

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

20 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 21 officials.
Muhabere Memuru21Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti61. Müdür4Memur4Seyyar Memur3Mukayyit2Başmemur1Başmuhabere Memuru11858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official7 officials

The 8 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, Niš (Niş)
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. MüdürMemurSeyyar MemurMukayyitBaşmemurBaşmuhabere Memuru
1857/581
1859/60
1860/611
1861/62
1862/63
1863/641
1864/6511
1865/6612
1866/672
1867/681111
1868/6931
1869/702111
1870/712311
1871/72221
1872/73221
1873/74231
1874/7523
1875/7633
1876/7742121
1877/7872211
18782
1896/971
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/021
1902/031
1903/041
1904/05

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
Niš (Niş)6 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Berkovitsa (Berkofça)Sofia (Sofya)ÇemişgezekEdirneKafkasyaFurther placesFransaFurther places20 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 21, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)20
Niš (Niş)6this place
Berkovitsa (Berkofça)2
Sofia (Sofya)2
Çemişgezek1
Edirne1
Fransa1in the small map
Kafkasya1in the small map
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Kayseri1
Where the officials born here were serving
Niš (Niş)6 serving herePristina (Priştine)Skopje (Üsküp)Aleppo (Halep)Thessaloniki (Selanik)EdirneHicazMocha (Muha)Further places6 officials1 official

The picture shows the 63 places of service with most officials, of 101.

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 101, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Niš (Niş)6this place
Pristina (Priştine)6
Skopje (Üsküp)6
Aleppo (Halep)5
Thessaloniki (Selanik)5
Edirne3
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Izmir (İzmir)3
Mersin3
Prizren3

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

47 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.
1471858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Post and Telegraph entryEntry of another institution

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

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

Officials of Niš (Niş)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Zihni Efendi1859 to 187716Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office200 to 500Niš (Niş)
Bohur Badur Efendi1870 to 18788Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications570 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Behor Badur Efendi1869 to 18767Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications570 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antuvan Jean Daliço Efendi1871 to 18765Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Remzi Efendi1873 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Niš (Niş)
Mahmut Bedri Efendi1867 to 18785Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480 to 1,750Niš (Niş)
Ohannes Holas Efendi1865 to 18705Memurofficial600 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vasil Karolidi Efendi1873 to 18785Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Edirne
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1864 to 18684Memurofficial576 to 720Kemaliye (Eğin)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1868 to 18724Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450 to 480Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yordan Resmi Efendi1868 to 18724Muhabere Basmemuru600Kayseri
Jul Lekaye Efendi1864 to 18673Sifre Istasyonu2,000Fransa
Kirkor Kakmaciyan Efendi1873 to 18763Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Recep Kenan Efendi1902 to 19053Nakliye Memurutransport official300 to 450Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Yusuf Efendi1870 to 18733Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Sofia (Sofya)
Andon Fakaro Efendi1869 to 18712Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Apostolaki Cizli Efendi1866 to 18682Kontrol Kalemi Basmemuru1,100 to 1,400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1876 to 18782Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)455 to 500Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Zeki Efendi1872 to 187421. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,300Sofia (Sofya)
Şinork Canban Efendi1864 to 18662Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)575 to 720Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yaşar Şazi Efendi1877 to 18782Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Niš (Niş)
Acemyan Dikran Efendi1870/711Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Hamdi Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Ali Şefik Efendi1868/691Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Skopje (Üsküp)
Aziz Mahmut Efendi1877/781Memurofficial500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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Officials of Niš (Niş), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Bekir Feyzi Efendi1876/771Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official1,000Çemişgezek
Cemil Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Pristina (Priştine)
Ethem Efendi1875/761Müdürdirector1,700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Galyar İskender Efendi1860/611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1877/781Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official750Karadeniz Ereğli
Hasan Ziver Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Kafkasya
İsmail Şükrü Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kadri Efend1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Rumeli
Mehmet Hasbi Efendi18781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Vranje (İvranya)
Mehmet Necati Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kosova
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1876/771Memurofficial200Niš (Niş)
Mehmet Yunus Efendi1876/771Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Agah Efendi1857/5811. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Arif Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Niš (Niş)
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1877/7811. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1857/581Posta Memurupostal official500Malatya
Salih Hulusi Efendi1863/641Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Zennub Kapamacıyan Efendi1867/681Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Zeynelabidin Efendi1876/771Mukayyitregistry clerk150Ürgüp
Unnamed official (0067_0250; sayfa no:498)1896 to 19048Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Shkodër (İşkodra)
Unnamed official (0007_0149; 295)1868/691Huk Memuru960Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

26 officials of the collection were born here. 6 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Fahri Efendi 1867 to 1904, Çanakkale
  2. Mehmet Zihni Efendi 1859 to 1898, Niš (Niş)
  3. Mahmut Bedri Efendi 1866 to 1903, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  4. Yaşar Şazi Efendi 1877 to 1903, Malatya
  5. Mustafa Arif Efendi 1877 to 1904, Muğla
  6. Recep Naci 1880 to 1906, Gavsiye
  7. Mehmed Niyazi Efendi 1884 to 1907, Aydın
  8. Mustafa Şükrü Efendi 1875 to 1898, Zagor
  9. İsmail Efendi 1882 to 1903, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  10. Mustafa Ragıp Efendi 1885 to 1905, Preševo (Preşova)
  11. Hasan Neşet Efendi 1882 to 1902, Aleppo (Halep)
  12. İbrahim Fahri Efendi 1892 to 1910, Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)
  13. Hasan Basri Efendi 1889 to 1906, Trgovište (Tırgovişte)
  14. İbrahim Naci Bey 1885 to 1901, Hicaz
  15. Hüseyin Remzi Efendi 1873 to 1906, Bitola (Manastır)
  16. Mehmet Sabri Efendi 1881 to 1896, Izmir (İzmir)
  17. Mehmet Salih Efendi 1886 to 1901, Kadıköy
  18. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi 1876 to 1892, Vlorë (Avlonya)
  19. Süleyman Hulusi Efendi 1896 to 1907, Thessaloniki (Selanik)
  20. Mustafa Lütfi Efendi 1893 to 1903, Edirne
  21. Esad Fahreddin Efendi 1892 to 1905, Aleppo (Halep)
  22. Mehmet Hamdi Efe 1895 to 1906, Prizren
  23. Mahmut Cevat Efendi 1899 to 1905, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  24. Ali Efendi 1902 to 1907, Libac
  25. Sadik Sidki Efendi 1896 to 1906, Homs (Humus)
  26. Unnamed official (0049_0030; 57-58) 1882 to 1906, Aleppo (Halep)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beyoğlu8
Sofia (Sofya)4
Ruse (Rusçuk)3
Edirne2
Pirot (Şehirköy)2
Pristina (Priştine)2
Trabzon2
İzmit2
Adapazarı1
Bitola (Manastır)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 31.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beyoğlu4
Sofia (Sofya)3
Edirne2
Pirot (Şehirköy)2
Pristina (Priştine)2
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Skopje (Üsküp)2
Al-Faw (Fav)1
Beşiktaş1
Bilecik1

The 10 places with most officials, of 22.

Names, position and identifiers of Niš (Niş)
Place
Identifierl-05d96884de1836c2
Spelling in the cataloguenis
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceNis
PositionLatitude 43.31765, longitude 21.898163. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySerbia
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
NişTurkishPreferred nameEditor
NišEnglishPreferred nameEditor
NisSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
nisSpelling 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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