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Latakia (Lazkiye)

Place in Beirut (Beyrut) province. Present-day country: Syria.

52 officials are recorded serving in Latakia (Lazkiye), from 1862 to 1911 (AH 1279 to 1329), in 173 annual entries. The median of the 173 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1888/89 with 9 officials. 9 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
52
Annual entries1862 to 1911, AH 1279 to 1329
173
Year with most officials9 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 173 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
9
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 44.
02468101863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13259 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Latakia (Lazkiye)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1862/63 (AH 1279)222
1864/65 (AH 1281)222
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)212
1873/74 (AH 1290)212
1874/75 (AH 1291)202
1875/76 (AH 1292)323
1876/77 (AH 1293)333
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)424
1881/82 (AH 1299)404
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)303
1884/85 (AH 1302)414
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)404
1887/88 (AH 1305)727
1888/89 (AH 1306)949
1889/90 (AH 1307)737
1890/91 (AH 1308)606
1891/92 (AH 1309)515
1892/93 (AH 1310)636
1893/94 (AH 1311)414
1894/95 (AH 1312)525
1895/96 (AH 1313)717
1896/97 (AH 1314)707
1897/98 (AH 1315)717
1898/99 (AH 1316)616
1899/1900 (AH 1317)616
1900/01 (AH 1318)616
1901/02 (AH 1319)626
1902/03 (AH 1320)515
1903/04 (AH 1321)535
1904/05 (AH 1322)404
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)212
1908/09 (AH 1326)222
1909/10 (AH 1327)323
1910/11 (AH 1328)101
1911 (AH 1329)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 173 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 570 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 720 kuruş in 1903/04Latakia (Lazkiye), 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, Latakia (Lazkiye)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1862/632875875687.51,062.5500
1864/6528408406601,020625
1871/721850850850850550
1872/732625625512.5737.5550
1873/742615615497.5732.5500
1874/752615615497.5732.5535
1875/763850693.33615850530
1876/773400533.33400600575
1877/783800666.67600800560
18782600600500700600
1878/791800800800800600
1879/802522.5522.5403.75641.25500
1880/814450486.25371.25565500
1881/824450486.25371.25565500
1882/833500553.33450630500
1883/843500553.33450630500
1884/854450495380565500
1885/864450510395565500
1886/874450510395565500
1887/887600594.29450760500
1888/899400493.33380600500
1889/907400505.71350680500
1890/916500536.67385720500
1891/925380482320760500
1892/936450536.67340762.5500
1893/944850762.5762.5850500
1894/955850674500850500
1895/967600638.57500850500
1896/977540599.29520765500
1897/987540599.29520765500
1898/996667.5650.83547.5765500
1899/19006682.5607.5525765500
1900/016682.5607.5525765500
1901/026582.5557.5400765500
1902/035760588400765500
1903/045720579400760475
1904/054580543.75362.5761.25450
1905/063400521.67400582.5475
1906/072300300250350450
1907/082250250225275300
1908/092475475337.5612.5350
1909/103300500300600462.5
1910/111300300300300500
19111400400400400500

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

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 30 officials.
Muhabere Memuru302. Müdür10Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti81. Müdür1DH Baskitabeti1Memur1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru1Posta Memuru11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 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, Latakia (Lazkiye)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. MüdürDH BaskitabetiMemurMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye BaşmemuruPosta Memuru
1862/632
1864/6511
1871/721
1872/7311
1873/7411
1874/7511
1875/7612
1876/7721
1877/7812
187811
1878/791
1879/8011
1880/81112
1881/82112
1882/83111
1883/84111
1884/85211
1885/86211
1886/87211
1887/882311
1888/8942111
1889/903211
1890/912211
1891/92221
1892/932211
1893/94121
1894/95221
1895/96322
1896/97322
1897/98322
1898/99222
1899/1900321
1900/01321
1901/02321
1902/03221
1903/04221
1904/05211
1905/0621
1906/072
1907/082
1908/0911
1909/1021
1910/111
19111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 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

Where the officials serving here were born
Latakia (Lazkiye)3 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Beirut (Beyrut)Aleppo (Halep)Damascus (Şam)LubnanFurther places17 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 25, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)17
Beirut (Beyrut)4
Aleppo (Halep)3
Damascus (Şam)3
Latakia (Lazkiye)3this place
Lubnan3
Bursa1
Gelibolu1
Homs (Humus)1
Izmir (İzmir)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Latakia (Lazkiye)3 serving hereBeirut (Beyrut)Acre (Akka)TarsusTripoli (Trablusşam)Jerusalem (Kudüs)FayraneFurther places5 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 25, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beirut (Beyrut)5
Acre (Akka)4
Nablus4
Latakia (Lazkiye)3this place
Tarsus3
Tripoli (Trablusşam)3
Jaffa (Yafa)2
Jerusalem (Kudüs)2
Adana1
Al-Salt (Salt)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

52 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.
1521863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Post 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

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

Officials of Latakia (Lazkiye)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1875 to 1903172. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Hilmi Efendi1880 to 189111Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Pljevlja (Taşlıca)
Mehmet Nakib Efendi1875 to 1897112. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kirkor Serpusyan Efendi1893 to 19029Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications765 to 850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hızır Abbas Efendi1864 to 188882. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)480 to 760Beirut (Beyrut)
Halil Efendi1894 to 19017Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500 to 600Jaffa (Yafa)
Mehmet Reşat Efendi1892 to 19007Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Van
Rodrigez Efendi1880 to 18877Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1899 to 19056Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Sait Efendi1897 to 190362. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)765Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1876 to 188162. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)760 to 800Beirut (Beyrut)
Dimitri Atnasyadi Efendi1887 to 18914Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuruchief official for foreign communications600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fikri Efendi1894 to 18984Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Kayseri
Osman Nuri Efendi1884 to 18884Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320 to 380Kastamonu
Raif Efendi1871 to 187542. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yakup Efendi1889 to 18934Memurofficial320Latakia (Lazkiye)
Yusuf Kenan Efendi1903 to 19074Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Naili Efendi1876 to 18783Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1873 to 18763Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Aleppo (Halep)
Baruh Velensi Efendi1902 to 19053Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications760Izmir (İzmir)
Dikran Papazyan Efendi1895 to 18983Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fransuva Efendi1879 to 18823Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications285Lubnan
Selim Efendi1889 to 18923Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Lubnan
Yosef Efendi1909 to 19113Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 400Lubnan
Abdurrahman Halis Efendi1908 to 191022. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)750 to 900Sivas
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Officials of Latakia (Lazkiye), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Suphi Efendi1906 to 19082Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 300Damascus (Şam)
Dikran Efendi1887 to 18892Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi1903 to 190522. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)765Tokat
İsmail İlmi Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1889/901Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Tavas
Andon Tosunyan Efendi1898/991Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fethi Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Aleppo (Halep)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Shumen (Şumnu)
Hüseyin Habip Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Gelibolu
İbrahim Agah Efendi1862/631Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Ziya Efendi1905/061Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications765Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Salih Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Damascus (Şam)
Mehmed Şevket Bey1862/631Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1,250Safranbolu
Mehmet Abid Efendi1892/931Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Cavit Efendi1888/891Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)320Bursa
Mehmet Efendi1903/0412. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Hızır Naili Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Muhyiddin Efendi1876/771Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Homs (Humus)
Mehmet Nasir Efendi1888/891DH Baskitabeti400Nablus
Mehmet Raşit Efendi1891/921Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)190Beirut (Beyrut)
Musa Efendi1892/931Posta Memurupostal official300Nazareth (Nasıra)
Mustafa Bahri Efendi1864/6511. Müdürfirst director (a grade of office head)1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Şevket Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Nevşehir
Nuh Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Tevfik Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Kočani (Koçana)
Yorgi Vasilyadi Efendi1877/7812. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0157_0217; 429)1909/101Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Jableh (Cebele)

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

9 officials of the collection were born here. 3 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Yakup Efendi 1876 to 1906, Beirut (Beyrut)
  2. Mehmet Reşid Efendi 1876 to 1902, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  3. Mehmed Hızır Efendi 1885 to 1908, Zawiya (Zaviye)
  4. Mehmet Şevket Efendi 1887 to 1907, Jerusalem (Kudüs)
  5. Abraham Efendi 1891 to 1907, Tripoli (Trablusşam)
  6. Mehmet Abid Efendi 1880 to 1893, Acre (Akka)
  7. Nuh Efendi 1893 to 1906, Jerusalem (Kudüs)
  8. Fahri Efendi 1891 to 1897, Beirut (Beyrut)
  9. Mehmet Salih Efendi 1900 to 1906, Mudawwara (Müdevvere)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)6
Jaffa (Yafa)4
Damascus (Şam)3
Hama2
Mersin2
Tripoli (Trablusşam)2
İskenderun2
Acre (Akka)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Baalbek1

The 10 places with most officials, of 26.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)8
Tripoli (Trablusşam)3
Baalbek2
Damascus (Şam)2
Ioannina (Yanya)2
Jaffa (Yafa)2
Tarsus2
Çanakkale2
Acre (Akka)1
Aleppo (Halep)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 31.

Names, position and identifiers of Latakia (Lazkiye)
Place
Identifierl-0b1bc4505430371c
Spelling in the cataloguelazkiye
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceBeirut (Beyrut) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceLazkiye
PositionLatitude 35.533963, longitude 35.791436. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySyria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
LatakiaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
LazkiyeTurkishPreferred nameEditor
LazkiyeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
lazkiyeSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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