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Place

Beşiktaş

Place in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

17 officials are recorded serving in Beşiktaş, from 1860 to 1907 (AH 1277 to 1324), in 62 annual entries. The median of the 62 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1887/88 with 4 officials.

Officials serving
17
Annual entries1860 to 1907, AH 1277 to 1324
62
Year with most officials4 officials
1887/88
Median monthly salaryfrom 62 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1887/88 (AH 1305) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 35.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13204 in 1887/88Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Beşiktaş
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)212
1876/77 (AH 1293)323
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)111
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
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
1887/88 (AH 1305)434
1888/89 (AH 1306)414
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)212
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)212
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)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 62 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 551 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320900 kuruş in 1906/07Beşiktaş, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Beşiktaş
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/611150150150150500
1873/741495495495495500
1874/751500500500500535
1875/762400400350450530
1876/773400400350450575
1877/783300366.67300400560
18781500500500500600
1879/801400400400400500
1880/811500500500500500
1881/821500500500500500
1882/831500500500500500
1883/841500500500500500
1884/851500500500500500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/884375450250575500
1888/894475500250725500
1889/903700583.33475750500
1890/913700583.33475750500
1891/922750750725775500
1892/932700700650750500
1893/942800800800800500
1894/952825825812.5837.5500
1895/962487.5487.5306.25668.75500
1896/972512.5512.5318.75706.25500
1897/982512.5512.5318.75706.25500
1898/992512.5512.5318.75706.25500
1899/19002500500300700500
1900/012500500300700500
1901/021900900900900500
1902/032575575412.5737.5500
1903/042625625487.5762.5475
1904/051900900900900450
1905/061900900900900475
1906/071900900900900450

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

9 job titles on record. The most frequent is Posta Memuru, held by 5 officials.
Posta Memuru5Muhabere Memuru4Müvezzi22. Müdür1Başmemur1Memur1Seyyar Memur1Sube Memuru11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201 official2 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Beşiktaş
YearPosta MemuruMuhabere MemuruMüvezzi2. MüdürBaşmemurMemurSeyyar MemurSube Memuru
1860/611
1873/741
1874/751
1875/7611
1876/7721
1877/7812
18781
1879/801
1880/811
1881/821
1882/831
1883/841
1884/851
1885/861
1886/871
1887/88111
1888/89111
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/921
1892/931
1893/941
1894/951
1895/9611
1896/9711
1897/9811
1898/9911
1899/190011
1900/0111
1901/021
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/051
1905/061
1906/071

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 9 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) District (kaza)

Where the officials serving here were born
BeşiktaşIstanbul (Dersaadet)Karadeniz EreğliKemahKonya14 officials1 official

All 4 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)14
Karadeniz Ereğli1
Kemah1
Konya1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

17 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

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

Officials of Beşiktaş
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Efendi1894 to 1907132. Müdürdirector of the second grade850 to 900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1879 to 189213Başmemurchief official400 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Karabet Diyon Efendi1887 to 18958Tefrik Odasısorting room800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Bey1873 to 18785Posta Memurupostal official495 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi1895 to 18994Posta Memurupostal official125Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mihran Yazmacıyan Efendi1887 to 18914Posta Memurupostal official250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Kamil Efendi1899 to 19012Memurofficial100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahri Efendi1876 to 18782Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1902 to 19042Sube Memuru250 to 350Konya
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1892 to 18942Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1876/771Posta Memurupostal official400Karadeniz Ereğli
Hüseyin Besim Efendi1860/611Posta Memurupostal official150Kemah
İbrahim Halil Efendi1888/891Müvezzideliverer (postman)250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Bey1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi18781Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nevrikyan Efendi1877/781Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vahram Şalcıyan Efendi1887/881Müvezzideliverer (postman)250Istanbul (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.

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Beşiktaş
Place
Identifierl-1ca3323e2ba8e183
Spelling in the cataloguebesiktas
NameName matched
Kind of placePlace
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 41.043061, longitude 29.005173. Reference position
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
BeşiktaşEnglishPreferred nameEditor
BeşiktaşTurkishPreferred nameEditor
besiktasSpelling 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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