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Place

Hama

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

21 officials are recorded serving in Hama, from 1865 to 1907 (AH 1282 to 1324), in 63 annual entries. The median of the 63 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1902/03 with 5 officials. 5 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
21
Annual entries1865 to 1907, AH 1282 to 1324
63
Year with most officials5 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 63 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Officials born here
5
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 34.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13205 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Hama
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1865/66 (AH 1282)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)212
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)222
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)313
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)212
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)212
1897/98 (AH 1315)313
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)323
1902/03 (AH 1320)535
1903/04 (AH 1321)323
1904/05 (AH 1322)222
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)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 63 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 546 kuruş.
01002003004005006001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320Median 500 kuruş in 1902/03Hama, 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, Hama
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1865/661400400400400650
1872/731380380380380550
1873/741380380380380500
1874/751380380380380535
1875/761380380380380530
1877/781400400400400560
18782450450425475600
1878/792450450425475600
1879/802440440410470500
1880/812492.5492.5388.75596.25500
1881/822492.5492.5388.75596.25500
1882/832492.5492.5388.75596.25500
1883/842492.5492.5388.75596.25500
1884/851700700700700500
1885/861700700700700500
1886/871700700700700500
1889/902542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1890/912542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1891/922542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1892/933800628.33542.5800500
1893/943800628.33542.5800500
1894/952542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1895/962542.5542.5413.75671.25500
1896/972510510405615500
1897/983630550465675500
1898/991720720720720500
1899/19001720720720720500
1900/012560560480640500
1901/023720640560760500
1902/035500524500500500
1903/043540601.67520652.5475
1904/052650650575725450
1905/061800800800800475
1906/071500500500500450

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

6 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 12 officials.
Muhabere Memuru122. Müdür5Seyyar Memur43. Müdür1Başmuhabere Memuru1Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official3 officials

The 6 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, Hama
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürSeyyar Memur3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti
1865/661
1872/731
1873/741
1874/751
1875/761
1877/781
187811
1878/7911
1879/8011
1880/8111
1881/8211
1882/8311
1883/8411
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9312
1893/9412
1894/9511
1895/9611
1896/9711
1897/98111
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/0111
1901/02111
1902/03113
1903/04111
1904/0511
1905/061
1906/071

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 6 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
Hama1 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Damascus (Şam)Homs (Humus)Aleppo (Halep)Arapgir6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 14, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)6
Damascus (Şam)2
Homs (Humus)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Arapgir1
Artvin (Livane)1
Cebeli lubnan1
Elazığ1
Elbistan1
Hama1this place

Places where officials born here are recorded serving, with the number of officials: Damascus (Şam) (3), Beirut (Beyrut) (2), Ajloun (Aclun) (1), Aleppo (Halep) (1), Baalbek (1), Deraci (1), Elassona (Alasonya) (1), Hama (1), Istanbul (Dersaadet) (1), Kırşehir (1), Suriye (1), Tripoli (Trablusşam) (1).

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

21 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.

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

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

Officials of Hama
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Efendi1889 to 1903142. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)720 to 800Aleppo (Halep)
Mustafa Esir Efendi1872 to 1887142. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)380 to 700Cebeli lubnan
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1889 to 18945Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Hama
Hüseyin Efendi1880 to 18844Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Homs (Humus)
Mehmet Muhyiddin Efendi1877 to 18804Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Homs (Humus)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1892 to 189832. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)630 to 800Artvin (Livane)
İsmail Kemal Efendi1901 to 19032Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Safranbolu
Kadri Efendi1904 to 190622. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmet Resmi Efendi1894 to 18962Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)285Damascus (Şam)
Abdullah Hamit Efendi1865/661Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1896/971Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1902/031Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Arapgir
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1897/981Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Elbistan
Mehmet Cemal Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fehmi Efendi1902/031Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Nakip Efendi1903/0412. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)765Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rasih Efendi1904/051Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Süreyya Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Sivas
Osman Haşim Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)540Elazığ
Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463)1902 to 19042Seyyar Memurtravelling official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0094_5; 7)1901/021Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications800Mytilene (Midilli)

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

5 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. Ahmet Tevfik Efendi 1889 to 1904, Damascus (Şam)
  2. Vasıf Bey 1876 to 1882, Beirut (Beyrut)
  3. Halid Efendi 1908 to 1911, Beirut (Beyrut)
  4. Mehmet Selim Efendi 1898 to 1903, Baalbek
  5. Halit Efendi 1909/10, Aleppo (Halep)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Damascus (Şam)2
Al-Nabk (Nebek)1
Aleppo (Halep)1
Amarah (Amare)1
Cizre1
Elazığ1
Gaziantep (Antep)1
Homs (Humus)1
Izmir (İzmir)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 16.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Damascus (Şam)2
Latakia (Lazkiye)2
Al-Nabk (Nebek)1
Amarah (Amare)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Dafni1
Elazığ1
Homs (Humus)1
Idlib (İdlib)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Names, position and identifiers of Hama
Place
Identifierl-1a904718e953ea7d
Spelling in the cataloguehama
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceSyria (Suriye)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceHama
PositionLatitude 35.147683, longitude 36.758493. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countrySyria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
HamaEnglishPreferred nameEditor
HamaTurkishPreferred nameEditor
HamaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
hamaSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

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