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Place

Mardin

Place in Diyarbakır province. Present-day country: Turkey.

22 officials are recorded serving in Mardin, from 1861 to 1909 (AH 1278 to 1326), in 90 annual entries. The median of the 90 recorded monthly salaries is 425 kuruş. The fullest year is 1906/07 with 4 officials. 7 officials of the collection were born here.

Officials serving
22
Annual entries1861 to 1909, AH 1278 to 1326
90
Year with most officials4 officials
1906/07
Median monthly salaryfrom 90 recorded salaries
425 kuruş
Officials born here
7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1906/07 (AH 1324) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 45.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1906/07Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mardin
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1861/62 (AH 1278)111
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)222
1865/66 (AH 1282)222
1866/67 (AH 1283)202
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)212
1875/76 (AH 1292)212
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)202
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)313
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)313
1888/89 (AH 1306)303
1889/90 (AH 1307)303
1890/91 (AH 1308)303
1891/92 (AH 1309)303
1892/93 (AH 1310)212
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)212
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)212
1902/03 (AH 1320)313
1903/04 (AH 1321)313
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1905/06 (AH 1323)323
1906/07 (AH 1324)424
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 90 recorded monthly salaries is 425 kuruş, the mean 516 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325250 kuruş in 1908/09Mardin, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mardin
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1861/6211,0001,0001,0001,000600
1862/6311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1864/652648648612684625
1865/662600600540660650
1866/672540540510570600
1867/681600600600600600
1870/711300300300300600
1871/721400400400400550
1872/731380380380380550
1873/741380380380380500
1874/752390390385395535
1875/762425425412.5437.5530
1876/771500500500500575
1877/781500500500500560
18782450450425475600
1878/792450450425475600
1879/802390390385395500
1880/812390390385395500
1881/822390390385395500
1882/832390390385395500
1883/842390390385395500
1884/853400526.67390600500
1885/863400526.67390600500
1886/873400526.67390600500
1887/883400500350600500
1888/893400526.67390600500
1889/903400526.67390600500
1890/913400526.67390600500
1891/923400526.67390600500
1892/932685685627.5742.5500
1893/942685685627.5742.5500
1894/952685685627.5742.5500
1895/962675675612.5737.5500
1896/972635635592.5677.5500
1897/981720720720720500
1898/991720720720720500
1899/19001720720720720500
1900/011720720720720500
1901/022460460330590500
1902/033540486.67370630500
1903/043540486.67370630475
1904/053540486.67370630450
1905/063400400300500475
1906/074350387.5287.5450450
1908/091250250250250350

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 15 officials.
Muhabere Memuru152. Müdür33. Müdür1Başmuhabere Memuru1Gumruk Muduru1Posta Memuru11863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 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, Mardin
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürBaşmuhabere MemuruGumruk MuduruPosta Memuru
1861/621
1862/631
1864/652
1865/662
1866/672
1867/681
1870/711
1871/721
1872/731
1873/741
1874/752
1875/762
1876/771
1877/781
18782
1878/792
1879/802
1880/812
1881/822
1882/832
1883/842
1884/8521
1885/8621
1886/8721
1887/8821
1888/8921
1889/9021
1890/9121
1891/9221
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9511
1895/9611
1896/9711
1897/981
1898/991
1899/19001
1900/011
1901/0211
1902/03111
1903/04111
1904/05111
1905/06111
1906/0731
1908/091

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
Mardin2 born hereDiyarbakırIstanbul (Dersaadet)SivasAleppo (Halep)Amasya6 officials1 official

The 10 birthplaces with most officials, of 12, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Diyarbakır6
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Sivas3
Mardin2this place
Aleppo (Halep)1
Amasya1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Harput1
Kemaliye (Eğin)1
Malatya1
Where the officials born here were serving
Mardin2 serving hereVanBasraMosul (Musul)Acre (Akka)AnkaraFurther places3 officials1 official

The 10 places of service with most officials, of 21, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Van3
Basra2
Mardin2this place
Mosul (Musul)2
Acre (Akka)1
Ankara1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Bergama1
Bitlis1
Çankırı1

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

22 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

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

Officials of Mardin
OfficialYears hereAnnual entriesMain title hereKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Faik Efendi1878 to 189214Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Diyarbakır
Zülfikar Fethi Efendi1870 to 189213Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300 to 400Diyarbakır
Mustafa İsmet Efendi1884 to 1894102. Müdürdirector of the second grade800Yozgat
Ahmet Daim Efendi1894 to 190392. Müdürdirector of the second grade720 to 800Amasya
Halil Efendi1875 to 18806Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400 to 500Mardin
Abdulkerim Fehmi Efendi1892 to 18975Başmuhabere Memuruchief communications official550 to 570Diyarbakır
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1902 to 190753. Müdürdirector of the third grade540 to 600Diyarbakır
Mehmet Sami Efendi1901 to 19075Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200 to 250Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1871 to 18754Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1865 to 18683Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)600 to 720Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mahmut Nüzhet Efendi1865 to 18672Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)480Diyarbakır
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1861 to 18632Gumruk Muduru1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Naim Efendi1903 to 190522. Müdürdirector of the second grade720Harput
Osman Efendi1874 to 18762Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Malatya
Ahmet Şekip Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)400Muğla
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1905/061Posta Memurupostal official400Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Rasim Efendi1908/091Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)250Diyarbakır
Mehmet Tahir Efendi1864/651Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)576Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Talip Efendi1906/071Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Mardin
Mustafa Sabri Efendi1864/651Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)720Sivas
Unnamed official (0087_0095, sayfa no:187.)1887/881Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)300Sivas
Unnamed official (0157_0178; 351)1905/061Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)200Sivas

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. 2 of them are also recorded serving here. After each name: the years on record and the place with most annual entries.

  1. Neşet Efendi 1882 to 1911, Kirkuk (Kerkük)
  2. Mehmet Sukru Efendi 1863 to 1889, Van
  3. Halil Efendi 1872 to 1896, Diyarbakır
  4. Petri Mahir Efendi 1890 to 1903, Jaffa (Yafa)
  5. Tevfik Efendi 1905 to 1908, Basra
  6. Mehmet Talip Efendi 1906/07, Mardin
  7. Şeyh Musa Efendi 1909/10, Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

Where the same officials are also recorded

Names, position and identifiers of Mardin
Place
Identifierl-28a5c5f21273d291
Spelling in the cataloguemardin
NameName matched
Kind of placeSeat of a sancak
ProvinceDiyarbakır province
How the province was chosenthe administrative reference names this province
Sancak in the administrative referenceMardin
PositionLatitude 37.313609, longitude 40.741229. Position agreed between the records and the reference
Present-day countryTurkey
Names
NameLanguageKind of nameSource
MardinEnglishPreferred nameEditor
MardinTurkishPreferred nameEditor
MardinSpelling in the recordsOther nameAnnual records
mardinSpelling 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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