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Place

Babiali

Office or region in Istanbul (Dersaadet) province. Present-day country: Turkey.

The records store Babiali as a place. It is an office or a region, not a town. 15 officials are recorded serving in Babiali, from 1869 to 1910 (AH 1286 to 1327), in 102 annual entries. The median of the 102 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The fullest year is 1900/01 with 9 officials.

Officials serving
15
Annual entries1869 to 1910, AH 1286 to 1327
102
Year with most officials9 officials
1900/01
Median monthly salaryfrom 102 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1900/01 (AH 1318) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
02468101873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13259 in 1900/01Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Babiali
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)111
1885/86 (AH 1303)111
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)212
1888/89 (AH 1306)313
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)313
1891/92 (AH 1309)414
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)535
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)727
1899/1900 (AH 1317)707
1900/01 (AH 1318)929
1901/02 (AH 1319)707
1902/03 (AH 1320)707
1903/04 (AH 1321)606
1904/05 (AH 1322)606
1905/06 (AH 1323)515
1906/07 (AH 1324)404
1907/08 (AH 1325)303
1908/09 (AH 1326)303
1909/10 (AH 1327)202

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 102 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 783 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 1,200 kuruş in 1905/06Babiali, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Babiali
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1869/701850850850850600
1875/761200200200200530
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/882350350275425500
1888/893220323.33210385500
1889/902210210205215500
1890/913200173.33150210500
1891/924240245197.5287.5500
1892/933230276.67165365500
1893/942430430355505500
1894/951280280280280500
1895/962615615447.5782.5500
1896/975400564280855500
1897/985400622280855500
1898/997650748.574001,005500
1899/19007650801.434501,005500
1900/019500795.565001,250500
1901/0279001,001.435001,255500
1902/0371,0501,022.865001,255500
1903/0468751,018.335001,257.5475
1904/0568801,026.675001,290450
1905/0651,2001,1225001,260475
1906/0741,2301,277.51,012.51,495450
1907/0831,2001,283.338251,700300
1908/0931,2001,283.338251,700350
1909/1021,1251,125812.51,437.5462.5

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

10 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 7 officials.
Muhabere Memuru7Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti31. Müdür2Müdür22. Müdür1Evrak Kalemi1Memur1Müdür Muavini11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official4 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, Babiali
YearMuhabere MemuruMuhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti1. MüdürMüdür2. MüdürEvrak KalemiMemurMüdür Muavini
1869/701
1875/761
1885/861
1886/871
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/901
1890/9111
1891/9221
1892/9311
1893/941
1894/95
1895/961
1896/9731
1897/9831
1898/99321
1899/1900321
1900/01431
1901/02231
1902/03231
1903/04221
1904/05221
1905/061111
1906/07111
1907/0811
1908/0911
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 10 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)

Where the officials serving here were born
BabialiIstanbul (Dersaadet)15 officials1 official

The one birthplace, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)15

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

15 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

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

Officials of Babiali
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hamid Efendi1888 to 191022Müvezzideliverer (postman)200 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadettin Efendi1891 to 190715Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 1,260Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Bey1896 to 190913Müdürdirector1,035 to 2,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1896 to 19059Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Nurettin Efendi1898 to 19057Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications1,000 to 1,300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Raik Efendi1900 to 19066Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Agah Efendi1896 to 19015Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mahmut Bey1898 to 19035Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications650 to 1,050Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Akif Efendi1905 to 191051. Müdürdirector of the first grade1,200 to 1,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1887 to 18925Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Asım Efendi1885 to 18894Memurofficial500 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ziyaettin Efendi1890 to 18933Evrak Kalemidocuments office100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fahri Efendi1875/761Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Osman Nuri Efendi1869/701Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)850Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Nuri Efendi1900/011Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Istanbul (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

Recorded here, and in a later year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Bandırma1
Beşiktaş1
Tersanei amire1
Recorded here, and in an earlier year in
PlaceOfficials
Istanbul (Dersaadet)7
Beyoğlu4
Rumelihisarı1
Names, position and identifiers of Babiali
Place
Identifierl-2454d9db9b0ce020
Spelling in the cataloguebabiali
NameStored spelling, not confirmed
Kind of placeOffice or region
ProvinceIstanbul (Dersaadet) province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceDersaadet
PositionLatitude 41.012514, longitude 28.976401. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
babialiSpelling in the recordsPreferred nameAnnual records

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

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