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Place

Silvan

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

5 officials are recorded serving in Silvan. Agop Sırrı Efendi is recorded as Posta Memuru here in 1883/84 (AH 1301), with 500 kuruş a month. Born in Kütahya. Fethullah Nuri Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1884 to 1892, with 450 kuruş a month. Born in Savur. Zülfikar Fethi Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here from 1892 to 1898, with 450 kuruş a month. Born in Diyarbakır. Abdurrahman Feyzi Efendi is recorded as 3. Müdür here from 1893 to 1904, with 540 kuruş a month. Born in Diyarbakır. Mehmet Şükrü Efendi is recorded as Muhabere Memuru here in 1904/05, with 400 kuruş a month. Born in Diyarbakır.

Officials serving
5
Annual entries1883 to 1905, AH 1301 to 1322
27
Year with most officials2 officials
1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 27 recorded salaries
450 kuruş
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 27 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş, the mean 487 kuruş.
01002003004005006001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322400 kuruş in 1904/05Silvan, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Silvan
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851450450450450500
1885/861450450450450500
1886/871450450450450500
1887/881450450450450500
1888/891450450450450500
1889/901450450450450500
1890/911450450450450500
1891/921450450450450500
1892/931450450450450500
1893/942495495472.5517.5500
1894/952495495472.5517.5500
1895/962495495472.5517.5500
1896/972495495472.5517.5500
1897/982495495472.5517.5500
1898/991540540540540500
1899/19001540540540540500
1900/011540540540540500
1901/021540540540540500
1902/031540540540540500
1903/041540540540540475
1904/051400400400400450

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

Birthplaces of the officials recorded here, with the number of officials: Diyarbakır (3), Kütahya (1), Savur (1).

Ottoman officials recorded here

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

Officials of Silvan
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdurrahman Feyzi Efendi1893 to 1904113. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)540Diyarbakır
Fethullah Nuri Efendi1884 to 18928Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Savur
Zülfikar Fethi Efendi1892 to 18986Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Diyarbakır
Agop Sırrı Efendi1883/841Posta Memurupostal official500Kütahya
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1904/051Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Diyarbakır

Years here run from the first to the last annual entry here. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

Where the same officials are also recorded

The number in brackets is the number of officials.

Recorded here, and in a later year in: Diyarbakır (2), Raqqa (Rakka) (1), Van (1).

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in: Diyarbakır (3), Ergani (1), Mardin (1).

Names, position and identifiers of Silvan
Place
Identifierl-0f847e4cf5fe367f
Spelling in the cataloguesilvan
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceDiyarbakır province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDiyarbakir
PositionLatitude 38.142067, longitude 41.007529. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
SilvanEnglishPreferred nameEditor
SilvanTurkishPreferred nameEditor
silvanSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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