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Place

Nablus

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

39 officials are recorded serving in Nablus, from 1864 to 1911 (AH 1281 to 1328), in 106 annual entries. The median of the 106 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş. The fullest year is 1903/04 with 6 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
39
Annual entries1864 to 1911, AH 1281 to 1328
106
Year with most officials6 officials
1903/04
Median monthly salaryfrom 106 recorded salaries
300 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1903/04 (AH 1321) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 43.
02461868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13256 in 1903/04Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Nablus
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1864/65 (AH 1281)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
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
1881/82 (AH 1299)111
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)212
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)424
1887/88 (AH 1305)202
1888/89 (AH 1306)313
1889/90 (AH 1307)414
1890/91 (AH 1308)515
1891/92 (AH 1309)404
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)545
1894/95 (AH 1312)424
1895/96 (AH 1313)414
1896/97 (AH 1314)515
1897/98 (AH 1315)414
1898/99 (AH 1316)414
1899/1900 (AH 1317)404
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)313
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)646
1904/05 (AH 1322)414
1905/06 (AH 1323)212
1906/07 (AH 1324)444
1907/08 (AH 1325)313
1908/09 (AH 1326)212
1910/11 (AH 1328)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 106 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, the mean 478 kuruş.
02004006001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 300 kuruş in 1903/04Nablus, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Nablus
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1864/6511,2501,2501,2501,250625
1868/6911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1869/701400400400400600
1870/711400400400400600
1871/721380380380380550
1872/731380380380380550
1873/741380380380380500
1874/751380380380380535
1875/761380380380380530
1876/771380380380380575
1877/781300300300300560
18781300300300300600
1878/791300300300300600
1879/801285285285285500
1881/821285285285285500
1882/831285285285285500
1883/842542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1884/852542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1885/863400495342.5600500
1886/874600571.25371.25800500
1887/882800800800800500
1888/893800633.33550800500
1889/904687618.5505.5800500
1890/915574574.8400800500
1891/924687618.5505.5800500
1892/932800800800800500
1893/945300417300400500
1894/954292.5416.25283.75425500
1895/964300420295425500
1896/975300456.8300684500
1897/984300295295300500
1898/994300400295405500
1899/19004300400295405500
1900/012510510405615500
1901/023300440300510500
1902/032510510405615500
1903/046300430.83262.5615475
1904/054510542.5287.5765450
1905/062275275262.5287.5475
1906/074410467.5300577.5450
1907/083300416.67250525300
1908/092300300300300350
1910/111200200200200500

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

10 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 23 officials.
Muhabere Memuru232. Müdür5Posta Memuru3Çavuş2Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti21. Müdür13. Müdür1Defter-i Hakani Kalemi11868/69AH 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, Nablus
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürPosta MemuruÇavuşMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. Müdür3. MüdürDefter-i Hakani Kalemi
1864/651
1868/691
1869/701
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1881/821
1882/831
1883/8411
1884/8511
1885/8621
1886/8722
1887/882
1888/8921
1889/90121
1890/91221
1891/92121
1892/932
1893/9441
1894/9531
1895/96211
1896/972111
1897/9822
1898/99211
1899/1900211
1900/0111
1901/02111
1902/0311
1903/0441
1904/05211
1905/062
1906/071111
1907/08111
1908/0911
1910/11

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 10 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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Nablus3 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Latakia (Lazkiye)ÇemişgezekDamascus (Şam)Gaza (Gazze)BosnaFurther places7 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 22, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Latakia (Lazkiye)4
Nablus3this place
Çemişgezek2
Damascus (Şam)2
Gaza (Gazze)2
Sidon (Sayda)2
Sivas2
Adapazarı1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Nablus3 serving hereAcre (Akka)Beirut (Beyrut)Gaza (Gazze)Jaffa (Yafa)Aleppo (Halep)2 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 16, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Nablus3this place
Acre (Akka)2
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Gaza (Gazze)2
Jaffa (Yafa)2
Al-Salt (Salt)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)1
Beit She'an (Beysan)1
Birecik1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

39 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.
1391868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Nablus
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Osman Efendi1886 to 1905182. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Çemişgezek
Mustafa Hayrettin Efendi1888 to 18987Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Efendi1886 to 189372. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Çemişgezek
Mahmut Avni Efendi1871 to 18776Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)380Nablus
Mehmet Hifzi Efendi1894 to 19006Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)280Niğde
Mihail Saba Efendi1881 to 18876Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Gaza (Gazze)
Salih Efendi1897 to 19025Posta Memurupostal official300Bosna
Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi1902 to 19064Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Nablus
Mehmet Reşid Efendi1877 to 18804Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285 to 300Latakia (Lazkiye)
Ali Rıza Efendi1889 to 18923Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)574Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Fazlı Efendi1883 to 188632. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Ruse (Rusçuk)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1906 to 19093Posta Memurupostal official300Nablus
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1895 to 18983Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Bergama
Abdurrahman Halis Efendi1906 to 190822. Müdürdirector of the second grade750Sivas
Ahmet Rıza Efendi1903 to 19052Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Sivas
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi1893 to 18952Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Lovech (Lofça)
Mehmet Abid Efendi1885 to 18872Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1898 to 19002Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülkadir Selahaddin Efendi1907/081Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Damascus (Şam)
Abdürrahim Efendi1864/6511. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,250Sidon (Sayda)
Ahmet Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Elazığ
Ali Saib Efendi1904/051Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antas Remzi Efendi1890/911Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Adapazarı
Fahri Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Latakia (Lazkiye)
Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi1903/041Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti765Konya
Show the other 14 officials
Officials of Nablus, continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Karanfil Sırrı Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Arif Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Naci Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Nasrettin Efendi1910/111Muharrerat Memuruofficial for written correspondence200Gaza (Gazze)
Mehmet Nemir Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Jenin (Cenin)
Mehmet Raşit Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salim Efendi1896/971Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office684
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1906/0713. Müdürdirector of the third grade520Latakia (Lazkiye)
Mustafa İlhami Efendi1894/951Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Skopje (Üsküp)
Mustafa Nazım Efendi1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Van
Mustafa Necip Efendi1869/701Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Raif Efendi1868/6912. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Simon Efendi1870/711Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Timur Efendi1893/941Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sidon (Sayda)

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

7 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. Mahmut Avni Efendi 1871 to 1905, Beirut (Beyrut)
  2. Ahmed Hulusi Efendi 1881 to 1900, Izmir (İzmir)
  3. Mehmet Nasir Efendi 1874 to 1907, Latakia (Lazkiye)
  4. Mehmet Bahaettin Efendi 1893 to 1907, Acre (Akka)
  5. Mehmet İzzet Efendi 1906 to 1909, Nablus
  6. Mehmet Şerif Efendi 1904 to 1906, Jerusalem (Kudüs)
  7. Emin Hikmet Efendi 1906/07, As-Suwayda (Süveyda)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Jaffa (Yafa)5
Beirut (Beyrut)3
Acre (Akka)2
Gaza (Gazze)2
Tabuk (Tebük)2
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)1
Beit She'an (Beysan)1
Beyoğlu1
Bursa1
Damascus (Şam)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 23.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Acre (Akka)5
Jaffa (Yafa)3
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Berane2
Beyoğlu1
Bursa1
Damascus (Şam)1
Eskişehir1
Gaza (Gazze)1
Havran1

The 10 places with most officials, of 21.

Names, position and identifiers of Nablus
Place
Identifierl-13e84f02bf3318d0
Spelling in the cataloguenablus
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 referencenablus
PositionLatitude 32.222424, longitude 35.260226. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryPalestine
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
NablusEnglishPreferred nameEditor
NablusTurkishPreferred nameEditor
NablusSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
nablusSpelling 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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