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Place

Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)

Place in Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province. Present-day country: Bulgaria. Other names: Zağra-i Atik.

6 officials are recorded serving in Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra), from 1853 to 1878 (AH 1270 to 1294), in 28 annual entries. The median of the 28 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1867/68 with 3 officials. 6 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
6
Annual entries1853 to 1878, AH 1270 to 1294
28
Year with most officials3 officials
1867/68
Median monthly salaryfrom 28 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
6
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1867/68 (AH 1284) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 17.
01231853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12903 in 1867/68Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1853/54 (AH 1270)111
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)111
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)323
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)313
1871/72 (AH 1288)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)202
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)202
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)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 28 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 483 kuruş.
02004006008001853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 1290800 kuruş in 1877/78Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra), fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1853/541400400400400400
1854/551400400400400400
1855/561400400400400450
1856/571400400400400375
1865/661480480480480650
1866/671400400400400600
1867/683480560340740600
1868/692300300250350600
1869/702340340270410600
1870/713400360300440600
1871/722580580490670550
1872/732580580490670550
1873/742580580490670500
1874/752580580490670535
1875/762580580490670530
1876/771400400400400575
1877/781800800800800560

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 3 officials.
Muhabere Memuru32. Müdür2Memur11853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941 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, Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürMemur
1853/541
1854/551
1855/561
1856/571
1865/661
1866/671
1867/6821
1868/692
1869/702
1870/713
1871/722
1872/732
1873/742
1874/752
1875/762
1876/771
1877/781

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 Office or region

Where the officials serving here were born
Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)EdirneIstanbul (Dersaadet)Plovdiv (Filibe)3 officials1 official

All 4 birthplaces, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Edirne3
Eskizagra1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Plovdiv (Filibe)1
Where the officials born here were serving
Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Al-Khums (Hums)BandırmaBranaDurrës (Dıraç)3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 26, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Al-Khums (Hums)1
Bakırköy1
Bandırma1
Bebek1
Beykoz1
Bilecik1
Brana1
Çorlu1
Durrës (Dıraç)1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

6 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.
Ahmet Emin BeyAhmed Muhtar EfendiMehmet Tevfik EfendiHasan Tahsin EfendiEmin Kami EfendiHüseyin Rasim Bey1853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 1294Post and Telegraph entry

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

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

Officials of Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmed Muhtar Efendi1865 to 187611Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 760Edirne
Emin Kami Efendi1870 to 18777Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Eskizagra
Ahmet Emin Bey1853 to 18574Memurofficial400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1867 to 18714Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Edirne
Hüseyin Rasim Bey1877/7812. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1867/6812. Müdürdirector of the second grade1,000Edirne

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

6 officials of the collection were born here. None of them is also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Mehmet Hilmi Efendi 1872 to 1907, Radoviste
  2. Mustafa Ziver Efendi 1878 to 1912, Zliten
  3. Rifat Necmi Efendi 1872 to 1902, Durrës (Dıraç)
  4. Hüseyin Avni Efendi 1901 to 1906, Bakırköy
  5. ALİ CEVAT EFENDİ 1902 to 1906, Istanbul (Dersaadet)
  6. Salomon Efe 1889 to 1893, Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Plovdiv (Filibe)2
Gemlik1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Keşan1
Pleven (Plevne)1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Chirpan (Çırpan)1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Samokov (Samakov)1
Names, position and identifiers of Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Place
Identifierl-1cdf9ceada49ed2f
Spelling in the cataloguezagrai atik
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceEastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî)
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencezagrai atik
PositionLatitude 42.424887, longitude 25.630675. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryBulgaria
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
Eski ZağraTurkishPreferred nameEditor
Stara ZagoraEnglishPreferred nameEditor
Zağra-i AtikOtherOther nameEditor
zagrai atikSpelling 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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