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Place

Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)

Place in Thessaloniki (Selanik) province. Present-day country: Greece.

8 officials are recorded serving in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar), from 1879 to 1911 (AH 1297 to 1329), in 24 annual entries. The median of the 24 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1895/96 with 3 officials. 3 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
8
Annual entries1879 to 1911, AH 1297 to 1329
24
Year with most officials3 officials
1895/96
Median monthly salaryfrom 24 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1895/96 (AH 1313) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 19.
01231882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253 in 1895/96Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1879/80 (AH 1297)222
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)333
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
1908/09 (AH 1326)111
1909/10 (AH 1327)101
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 24 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 454 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325350 kuruş in 1911Sidirokastro (Demirhisar), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1879/802875875562.51,187.5500
1880/812650650575725500
1881/821500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1895/963400400400400500
1896/972400400400400500
1897/981400400400400500
1898/991400400400400500
1899/19001400400400400500
1902/031200200200200500
1906/071250250250250450
1908/091250250250250350
1909/101300300300300462.5
1910/111300300300300500
19111350350350350500

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

3 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 6 officials.
Muhabere Memuru6Aşar Memuru1Muvakkat Memuru11880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281 official3 officials

The 3 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, Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)
YearMuhabere MemuruAşar MemuruMuvakkat Memuru
1879/8011
1880/8111
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1895/963
1896/972
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1902/031
1906/071
1908/091
1909/101
1910/111
19111

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 3 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
Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)1 born hereThessaloniki (Selanik)Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)Niğde2 officials1 official

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Serres (Siroz) (2), Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop) (1), Karaburun (1), Kumanovo (Kumanova) (1), Petrich (Petriç) (1), Sidirokastro (Demirhisar) (1), Skopje (Üsküp) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

8 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.
Haci Mustafa EfendiOsman Nuri EfendiAhmet Salim Efendiİbrahim Hakkı EfendiMurat Adil EfendiSüleyman Tevfik EfendiŞaban Rüştü EfendiHüseyin Şinasi Efendi1880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328Post 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

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

Officials of Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Osman Nuri Efendi1879 to 18878Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 500Serres (Siroz)
Murat Adil Efendi1895 to 19005Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Hüseyin Şinasi Efendi1908 to 19114Muvakkat Memuru250 to 350Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop)
Haci Mustafa Efendi1879 to 18812Aşar Memurutithe official800 to 1,500Niğde
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1895 to 18972Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Ahmet Salim Efendi1895/961Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Şaban Rüştü Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Tirana (Tiran)
Süleyman Tevfik Efendi1902/031Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)

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

3 officials of the collection were born here. 1 of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. İbrahim Hakkı Efendi 1882 to 1907, Serres (Siroz)
  2. Ali Ağa 1876 to 1880, Serres (Siroz)
  3. Süleyman Tevfik Efendi 1902 to 1907, Petrich (Petriç)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Nea Zichni (Zihne)1
Petrich (Petriç)1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Veria (Karaferye)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Bitola (Manastır)1
Toyran1
Names, position and identifiers of Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)
Place
Identifierl-1a16e727e21c8f9f
Spelling in the cataloguedemirhisar
NameName matched
Kind of placeDistrict (kaza)
ProvinceThessaloniki (Selanik) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencesiroz
PositionLatitude 41.236688, longitude 23.389378. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryGreece
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
DemirhisarTurkishPreferred nameEditor
SidirokastroEnglishPreferred nameEditor
demirhisarSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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