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Place

Berkovitsa (Berkofça)

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

5 officials are recorded serving in Berkovitsa (Berkofça). Mustafa İsmet Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1864/65 (AH 1281), with 960 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Salih Hulusi Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 10 annual entries between 1865/66 and 1878, with 600 to 800 kuruş a month. Born here. Hafız Salih Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1869 to 1878, with 285 to 300 kuruş a month. Born here. Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1872 to 1875, with 500 kuruş a month. Born in Istanbul. Ali Rıza Efendi is recorded as 2. Müdür here in 1875/76, with 750 kuruş a month. Born in Omurtag (Osmanpazarı). 6 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1864 to 1878, AH 1281 to 1295
24
Year with most officials2 officials
1869/70
Median monthly salaryfrom 24 recorded salaries
550 kuruş
Officials born here
6
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 24 recorded monthly salaries is 550 kuruş, the mean 538 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001864/65AH 12811865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 1295800 kuruş in 1878Berkovitsa (Berkofça), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/651960960960960625
1865/661750750750750650
1866/671600600600600600
1867/681600600600600600
1868/691600600600600600
1869/702510510405615600
1870/712510510405615600
1871/722482.5482.5383.75581.25550
1872/732392.5392.5338.75446.25550
1873/742392.5392.5338.75446.25500
1874/752392.5392.5338.75446.25535
1875/762517.5517.5401.25633.75530
1876/772550550425675575
1877/782550550425675560
18781800800800800600

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.

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 born here were serving
Berkovitsa (Berkofça)2 serving hereGeyveNiš (Niş)AdapazarıBeratEdirne2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 17, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Berkovitsa (Berkofça)2this place
Geyve2
Niš (Niş)2
Adapazarı1
Berat1
Edirne1
Elassona (Alasonya)1
Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)1
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)1
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)1

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Berkovitsa (Berkofça) (2), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (2), Omurtag (Osmanpazarı) (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Salih Hulusi Efendi1865 to 1878102. Müdürdirector of the second grade600 to 800Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Hafız Salih Efendi1869 to 18789Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 300Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi1872 to 18753Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1875/7612. Müdürdirector of the second grade750Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1864/6512. Müdürdirector of the second grade960Istanbul (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

6 officials of the collection were born here. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Salih Hulusi Efendi 1862 to 1903, Edirne
  2. Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi 1869 to 1907, Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)
  3. Hafız Salih Efendi 1869 to 1901, Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)
  4. Ahmed Hamdi Efendi 1877 to 1895, Shkodër (İşkodra)
  5. Mustafa Sırrı Efendi 1891 to 1902, Geyve
  6. Mustafa Sabri Efendi 1900 to 1902, Adapazarı

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Vratsa (İvraca)2
Batumi (Batum)1
Pirot (Şehirköy)1
Ruse (Rusçuk)1
Names, position and identifiers of Berkovitsa (Berkofça)
Place
Identifierl-0b9472d6c490d719
Spelling in the catalogueberkofca
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDanube (Tuna)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencevidin
PositionLatitude 43.23793, longitude 23.125231. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BerkofçaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
BerkovitsaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BerkofcaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
berkofcaSpelling 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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