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Place

Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)

Place in Aleppo (Halep) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

30 officials are recorded serving in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), from 1868 to 1911 (AH 1285 to 1328), in 104 annual entries. The median of the 104 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The fullest year is 1893/94 with 5 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
30
Annual entries1868 to 1911, AH 1285 to 1328
104
Year with most officials5 officials
1893/94
Median monthly salaryfrom 104 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1893/94 (AH 1311) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 41.
0123451868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13255 in 1893/94Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)212
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)323
1873/74 (AH 1290)212
1874/75 (AH 1291)212
1875/76 (AH 1292)313
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)202
1878 (AH 1295)202
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)424
1883/84 (AH 1301)404
1884/85 (AH 1302)313
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)313
1887/88 (AH 1305)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)222
1890/91 (AH 1308)212
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)434
1893/94 (AH 1311)515
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)404
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)414
1898/99 (AH 1316)535
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1901/02 (AH 1319)313
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)434
1904/05 (AH 1322)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)111
1909/10 (AH 1327)111
1910/11 (AH 1328)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 104 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 544 kuruş.
02004006008001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 400 kuruş in 1898/99Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), 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, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1868/6911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1869/702700700550850600
1870/712700700550850600
1872/733380478.33292.5615550
1873/742527.5527.5366.25688.75500
1874/752507.5507.5356.25658.75535
1875/763380465292.5595530
1876/772302.5302.5253.75351.25575
1877/782302.5302.5253.75351.25560
18782302.5302.5253.75351.25600
1878/793400400300500600
1879/802490490435545500
1880/8111,4001,4001,4001,400500
1881/8221,0001,0008001,200500
1882/834525687.5412.5800500
1883/844525687.5412.5800500
1884/853450450375525500
1885/863450450375525500
1886/873450450375525500
1887/881450450450450500
1888/891450450450450500
1889/902650650575725500
1890/912600600500700500
1891/922600600500700500
1892/934350487.5287.5550500
1893/945400500400400500
1894/955400500400400500
1895/964400525375550500
1896/974400500375525500
1897/984650625375900500
1898/9954006724001,000500
1899/19003400566.67350700500
1900/012700700550850500
1901/023400566.67350700500
1902/032700700550850500
1903/044350500300550475
1904/051300300300300450
1905/061300300300300475
1906/071350350350350450
1909/101150150150150462.5
1910/111150150150150500

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

13 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 15 officials.
Muhabere Memuru152. Müdür5Posta Memuru32. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti13. Müdür1Başmemur1Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1Bidayet Mahkemesi Muavini11868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official3 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, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
YearMuhabere Memuru2. MüdürPosta Memuru2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti3. MüdürBaşmemurBidayet Mahkemesi BaskitabetiBidayet Mahkemesi Muavini
1868/691
1869/7011
1870/7111
1872/7311
1873/74
1874/751
1875/7611
1876/771
1877/781
18781
1878/7911
1879/8011
1880/811
1881/8211
1882/83211
1883/84211
1884/8521
1885/8621
1886/8721
1887/881
1888/891
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/93211
1893/94311
1894/95311
1895/96211
1896/97211
1897/98121
1898/992111
1899/1900111
1900/0111
1901/0221
1902/0311
1903/04111
1904/051
1905/061
1906/071
1909/10
1910/11

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 13 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
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)3 born hereIstanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)Kemaliye (Eğin)ArapgirBabadag (Babadağ)Niš (Niş)Further places5 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 21, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)3this place
Aleppo (Halep)2
Kemaliye (Eğin)2
Arapgir1
Babadag (Babadağ)1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Bilan1
Diyarbakır1
Elbistan1
Where the officials born here were serving
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)3 serving hereAleppo (Halep)BirecikVanAdanaBaghdad (Bağdat)KosovaFurther places3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 23, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aleppo (Halep)3
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)3this place
Birecik2
Van2
Adana1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Başkale1
Basrul harir1
Beirut (Beyrut)1
Beyoğlu1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

30 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.
1301868/69AH 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

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

Officials of Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1872 to 188413Temyiz Zabit Kitabeti205 to 1,400Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Osman Nuri Efendi1893 to 190310Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Ali Bey1889 to 189892. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)800 to 1,000Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mustafa Bayezid Efendi1892 to 19008Posta Memurupostal official300Bilan
Ali Haydar Efendi1882 to 18897Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Asım Efendi1898 to 190462. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)1,000Malatya
Mustafa Mümtaz Efendi1875 to 18806Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Esad Efendi1869 to 18845Başmemurchief official400 to 600Harput
Halit Hamdi Efedi1892 to 18975Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 400Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1868 to 187342. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)850 to 1,000Arapgir
Şakir Efendi1882 to 18864Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Lubnan
İsmail Efendi1884 to 188733. Müdürthird director (a grade of office head)600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1892 to 18953Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Elbistan
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1909 to 19112Mülazımcandidate official (the word also means lieutenant)150Harem (Harim)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi1874 to 187622. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)810Diyarbakır
Ahmet Rüşdi Efendi1904 to 19062Posta Memurupostal official300Aleppo (Halep)
Hüseyin Efendi1890 to 18922Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Trabzon
Abdullah Zeki Efendi1873/741Memurofficial850Kemaliye (Eğin)
Esad Fahreddin Efendi1903/041Mukayyitregistry clerk300Niš (Niş)
Hacı Osman Sabri Efendi1901/021Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Tokat
Halil Efendi1872/731Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Halil Hicri Efendi1889/901Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)500Babadag (Babadağ)
ismail Efendi1898/9912. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti1,260Dobruca
İzzet Efendi1897/9812. Müdürsecond director (a grade of office head)900Niğde
Mehmet Ali Efendi1903/041Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 5 officials
Officials of Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), continued
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Emin Efendi1886/871Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Hamdi Efendi1898/991Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Mehmet Nasih Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)350Aleppo (Halep)
Ömer Rıza Efendi1903/041Posta Memurupostal official300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yasil Efendi1878/791Çavuşsergeant (a lower service grade)200Izmir (İzmir)

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. Mehmet Tevfik Efendi 1872 to 1909, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
  2. Muftuzade Mehmet Hilmi Efendi 1867 to 1901, Beyoğlu
  3. Mustafa Mümtaz Efendi 1875 to 1906, Gaziantep (Antep)
  4. Mahmut Şükrü Efendi 1894 to 1906, Palu
  5. Mehmet Efendi 1892 to 1903, Feke
  6. Halit Hamdi Efedi 1892 to 1898, Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
  7. Unnamed official (0086_0153: 301) 1895 to 1906, Van

Where the same officials are also recorded

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)5
Süleymanlı (Zeytun)3
Antakya2
Gaziantep (Antep)2
Malatya2
Kartal1
Kozani (Kozana)1
Mersin1
Mugan1
Omeraga1

The 10 places with most officials, of 15.

Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Aleppo (Halep)4
Antakya4
Beirut (Beyrut)2
Adana1
Gaziantep (Antep)1
Idlib (İdlib)1
Jaffa (Yafa)1
Jeddah (Cidde)1
Kilis1
Komotini (Gümülcine)1

The 10 places with most officials, of 19.

Names, position and identifiers of Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Place
Identifierl-1da43ff48cf3db28
Spelling in the cataloguemaras
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceAleppo (Halep) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referencemaras
PositionLatitude 37.575386, longitude 36.926011. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
KahramanmaraşEnglishPreferred nameEditor
KahramanmaraşTurkishPreferred nameEditor
MaraşOtherOther nameEditor
MarasSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
marasSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records

Named in works about this place

One work of the source register covers people born in or from this place: Toraman (2017), no entries in the source register.

Osmanlı ilmiye bürokrasisi'nde Maraşlılar (1879-1909)

ALİ TORAMAN (2017), Thesis. The title names people born in or from this place (Maraşlılar).

The source register holds no entries from this work.

A probable or possible link is made by fixed rules from the name, the birthplace, the birth year and the archive reference. It is not confirmed.

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